The Startup that's Pioneering the Future of Virtual Reality

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 5, 2016

What does the future of virtual reality look like? Kevin Kelly, founding executive editor of Wired, investigated the super-secretive company Magic Leap, which is pioneering not only virtual reality experiences, but mixed reality and augmented reality in “Hyper Vision,” the cover story for the May issue. Leonard also tries out a Samsung Gear Virtual Reality headset on-air!

 

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