TL;DR

Linus dusts off a clunky 1994 VR rig and jumps into classics like Quake, Rise of the Triad, and Descent to see if early DOS-era VR ever had a chance. Expect lots of beige plastic, surprisingly jerky gameplay… but also some genuine “whoa” moments that prove even retro VR had a spark.

Along the way he tears down the bulky headset, chats about Hertz, megabytes and VR hype from three decades ago, and ultimately decides that old-school virtual reality was way more ambitious than it had any right to be.

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