People try out the Samsung Gear VR at the Ryder Cup 2016 on September 30 in Chaska, Minnesota. (Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images for Samsung)

People try out the Samsung Gear VR at the Ryder Cup 2016 on September 30 in Chaska, Minnesota. (Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images for Samsung)

A national virtual reality tour has set up shop in Northeast.

District residents can go inside of a pop-up showcase to immerse themselves in a virtual reality experience with Samsung’s Gear VR, according to Edens, the folks behind Union Market. The headset was developed by Samsung and Oculus, a company that Facebook acquired in a $2 billion deal in 2014.

The Facebook Virtual Reality Roadshow made a stop in Boston last week where people were seen wearing “huge goggles” and walking around “with facial expressions that made it seem like they had just discovered a whole new world,” according to the Daily Free Press.

Oculus announced its headset via Kickstarter in 2012—it was “designed specifically for video games that will change the way you think about gaming forever.” The product has since evolved to let users experience other types of videos in 360 degrees, according to the Free Press. Bostonians were able to try on samples, as well as step into a station “to immerse themselves into a virtual world” for two and a half minutes sans headsets.

The D.C. offering, which is free (visitors must be 13 and older), also guides users “through several virtual worlds” and they’ll be able to leave with GIFs of themselves to share with friends, according to Edens.

The tour will be open outside of Union Market from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m., today through Saturday.

Jonathan Rogers spotted the Facebook-branded structure yesterday, according to Frozen Tropics, which first reported the tour.

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