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facebook is shutting down hundreds of oculus rift virtual reality demo stations at best buy stores across the United States is this a sign that people are just not that into virtual reality a report from Business Insider indicates it's due to low interest from customers and some bust by workers said it was common for days to go by without anyone getting a demo of the headset out of 500 demo stations 200 or closing an internal memo obtained by business insider says the closings were because of quote store performance and off to the spokeswoman attributed the closings to quote seasonal changes and that the companies can be looking at other local events and retail spots to demo oculus it could have been more than just lack of interest in the reports some sources were suggesting that no one was trying it out because of bugs or sometimes it wasn't clear on how to use it it is worth noting that in best buys third-quarter earnings statement in November the CEO said the chain had given 300,000 virtual reality demos although that number was not specific to oculus it also includes demos of other headsets like Samsung's gear VR if the best way to understand virtuality is to try it yourself but no one is trying it out then Facebook is going to have to come up with other ways to get people interested in the technology best buy is still selling oculus and stores it starts at six hundred dollars and the touch controllers are another two hundred dollars of course that's provided you already own a high-end computer to run the VR programs stay plugged into the latest in VR at cnet com