Virtual Reality

In the aftermath of the collapse of the "wearables" craze, Virtual Reality was supposed to be next big thing.

Back in 2014, when Facebook paid $3 billion to acquire Oculus, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at the time that the medium, which offers a 360-degree panoramic view through headsets, would "become a part of daily life for billions of people."

In the aftermath of such "paradigm" flops as 3D TV, 4K TV, the "wearables" revolution, the tech world is now obsessed with Virtual Reality. Here, courtesy of The Onion, are some potential ways that Oculus Rift and other virtual reality technologies will affect our lives.