BARCELONA – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called virtual reality “the next platform” during a nine-minute presentation on Sunday, during which each attendee was given a new $99 Samsung Gear VR headset.

His rift on VR as “the next platform” might have seemed a bit presumptuous to anybody expecting VR to appeal mainly to gamers. But Zuckerberg struck an emotional chord with at least a few attendees.

Zuckerberg talked about the chance that a child’s first steps might be recorded in 360-degree VR to be shared anywhere. Or, he said, you could “sit in front a campfire with friends any time you want.” There will even be the ability for workers to hold meetings with people “anywhere you want,” he added.

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