Facebook's virtual reality just attempts what artists have been doing forever

Mark Zuckerberg says VR will capture human experiences like never before - but is it really superior to what writers and artists achieved centuries ago?

The future is here, and it is glorious - but it's not real. Or so said Mark Zuckerberg in an interview published on Wednesday, wherein he sketched Facebook's grand ambitions for virtual reality. If Zuckerberg's billions have anything to do with it (and it's reasonable to suppose that they will), headsets like the Oculus Rift will shape our future digital lives, transforming everything from movie-watching, to tennis matches, to sharing baby pictures with our friends into immersive, Technicolor 3D experiences.

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