Oculus installing free VR systems in nearly 100 California libraries
 

Oculus installing free VR systems in nearly 100 California libraries
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Here's a **vel approach to getting high-end virtual reality to the public: Make it free.*

That's what Oculus is doing in California with an initiative that will place 100 Oculus Rift headsets and VR-ready PC systems in 90 libraries throughout the state.*

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Making high-end VR available through local libraries isn't just a brilliant bit of marketing by Oculus, it's also something of a library tradition.*

Although many computer users in the U.S. have easy access PCs today, a couple of decades ago, when the internet still fairly new to the mainstream, libraries and schools often offered the only free access many users had to the emerging platform. Read more...

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