This is what the exciting world of virtual press conferences looks like from the outside.
While we weren't able to send anyone to this week's VR-filled Oculus Connect conference in Hollywood, Oculus and 3D video company NextVR promised that we could at least feel like we were there for the news-filled keynote presentations. That's because these PR speeches were being streamed in virtual reality through the NextVR app on Samsung's Gear VR Innovator Edition headsets.
In the past, I've watched plenty of live press events both in person and through the bland, flat reality of a 2D monitor. So I was eager to see how a 3D virtual reality livestream compared to actually being in the ballroom with the Oculus presenters. The answer doesn't exactly have me rushing to cancel any future press conference travel plans.
Missed multitasking
The main problem with attending a press conference in VR confronted me before the presentation even started. Watching the audience from a VR camera mounted on the side of the stage, listening to light techno music pumped through the hall, my first instinct was to break out my smartphone and do a quick scan of Twitter and Facebook for the few minutes before the conference started.
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