Since the advent of language, stone tablets, paper, the printing press and radio we’ve been working on higher and higher fidelity forms of unbundling presence from the experience/memory. Sharing the sense of ‘being there’ without having actually been there has been a fundamental human need. It’s a kind of time travel. Film, television (especially live) took this to a whole new level. Live streaming services like Periscope or Facebook Live democratized live video and now, perhaps the most profound leap forward yet, is starting to hit the mainstream — virtual reality.