I Tried VR From 1994

Linus dusts off a vintage VR rig from the DOS era—bulky, beige and surprisingly clunky—to revisit early virtual reality hype. He straps in, fires up classics like Quake, Rise of the Triad and Descent, and finds that even with grainy resolution, laggy tracking and primitive hardware, there’s a weird charm to experiencing those 90s VR dreams firsthand.

After testing gameplay and checking out the headset’s guts (think low-res CRT displays and chunky sensors), Linus gives a nostalgic nod: it’s not exactly modern VR bliss, but it proves that the desire for immersive gaming has been around much longer than most of us remember.

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