Virtual Reality arrives, TXFM departs

Irish Times Off Topic

Virtual reality has always been about to arrive, and today is no different. But with the release of the futuristic-sounding Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR systems (and the not so futuristic Google Cardboard) you might be forgiven for believing that VR's time has finally come. Although it is apparently impossible to explain to someone what it's like to use these systems until they try for themselves, early adopters Eoghan Kidney and Kenneth Killeen are in studio to give it a try, and to explain how it's genuinely about to change all our lives. In part two Laura Slattery and Jim Carroll perform an autopsy on the lifeless corpse of radio station TXFM, formerly Phantom, whose owners decided not to bother extending their licence this week. What went wrong?