Thursday, 9 February 2017

Facebook is closing hundreds of its Oculus VR pop-ups in Best Buys after some stores went days without a single demo

Facebook is closing hundreds of its Oculus VR pop-ups in Best Buys after some stores went days without a single demo

Facebook is closing around 200 of its 500 Oculus virtual reality demo stations at Best Buy locations across the US, Business Insider has learned. The scaling back of Facebook's first big retail push for VR comes after workers from multiple Best Buy pop-ups told BI that it was common for them to go days without giving a single demonstration. An internal memo seen by BI and sent to affected employees by a third-party contractor said the closings were because of "store performance."
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-closing-200-oculus-best-buy-pop-ups-poor-store-performance-2017-2?source=Snapzu

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