You may not know it, but we’re about to ride the next wave of virtual reality.

As a concept it has been around for decades, but the tech didn’t meet the vision.

2016 could be a cross-roads; the pivotal moment, the VR mass market breakthrough - with a range of new more cost friendly consumer headsets coming out. Soon VR could be in millions of homes.

Facebook’s $2 billion dollar acquistion of one virtual reality company, Oculus, has been followed by bold predictions from Mark Zuckerberg that VR will overtake photos and videos as the dominant form of online content.

We’re looking at the realities, of virtual reality. This time will the tech be eclipsed by the hype?

What will drive the medium? What are companies in Northern Ireland doing about it, and could it affect your business? Will it change training, travel and prototype building?