“Oculus was extremely smooth – it did what the 90s Sunday supplements advertised VR as doing. But I’m still in doubt as to whether very many people will want to do it. We already attain full immersion with flat screens, simply by being very interested in the content.”
— William Gibson
and if we are sufficiently interested in the content we don’t even need screens, or electricity. a radio play can immerse us, letters on a page can immerse us. or rather, we immerse ourselves.