Super Bowl LI was a bad moment for VR

A funny thing happened on the way to my futuristic dive into the Super Bowl in virtual reality — it never happened. 

Yes, I have my own, fancy Oculus Rift set up along with a pricey high-spec computer to help me immerse myself in the virtual waters of everything from gaming to animation and, I thought, sports events.

But it turns out that Fox Sports, in its mainstream content wisdom, decided to offer its VR presentation of the Super Bowl exclusively on the Samsung Gear VR version of the Oculus store, and not the Oculus store for the Oculus Rift.  Read more...