Baltimore Checkbook: Here's a look at how Baltimore-area companies are trying to profit off of virtual reality

Friday, April 15, 2016

Here's a look at how Baltimore-area companies are trying to profit off of virtual reality

Where else can you visit an operating room, a battlefield and an energy company’s office — all in the span of 10 minutes — besides in virtual reality? The idea of virtual reality was once confined to science fiction books and movies, but now its hitting the mass market. Companies like Facebook-owned Oculus, HTC, Sony and Samsung have all either released, or have plans to release, their own mass-market virtual reality headsets with thousands of possible uses. By 2020, many experts are predicting…