Sony shows that demonstrating virtual reality is still an exercise in embarrassment

Virtual reality is really cool. I know because I’ve tried it. I would have a lot less confidence in it, however, if I were forming my opinion based on Sony’s VR stage show today.

PlayStation VR got a lot of time in front of a huge crowd and online audience at the PlayStation Experience fan event. But the virtual-reality headset got off to a shaky start with a live demo that did a better job of conveying how weird you look in VR than how cool it is to play games in a simulated reality. In Sony’s defense, this was a live stage demo, and this type of setup is notorious for breaking down. But, this is a real problem for a fledgling technology like VR, which consumers will have to spend hundreds of dollars to enjoy.