100 Oculus Rifts will be deployed at 90 California libraries over the next three months as part of a pilot program offering VR to anyone with a library card.
The roll-out will include Rift and Touch controllers so visitors can use their hands in a variety of applications. VR applications for people to explore include Google Earth, Apollo 11, Titans of Space 2.0, Everest, Ocean Rift, The Body VR, Guided Meditation VR and Star Chart. Projects from the now-defunct Oculus Story Studio including Dear Angelica, Lost and Henry will also be available.
This is awesome. I think that the educational opportunities that VR can provide are one of it's greatest assets, so the thought of kids (and adults for that matter) getting to experience it up and down my state is fantastic!
So many more people than I can reach lugging my giant suitcase of a PC around, for sure.