Obama lost in virtual reality prompts hilarious Photoshop battle

The future is here and it's slightly awkward.
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Brian Koerber
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The future is here and it's slightly awkward.

White House Photographer Pete Souza shared a candid photo of President Obama checking out his trip to Yosemite earlier this year in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Parks. Instead of watching the footage on a TV, Obama was checking out his trip using a virtual reality headset. And like anyone using VR, Obama looked pretty ridiculous.

Naturally, the internet took note of Obama being a totally normal person, and threw his silly gaze into Reddit's Photoshop battles.


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The State of the Union just got a more interesting.

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Clearly Obama has found a new super power.

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Hopefully this painting will hang on the walls of the White House for years to come.

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Putin can wait.

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This one is pretty subtle.

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There was also a reference to another great Photoshop battle.

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Honestly, this is just impressive.

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Bill Clinton also made a guest appearance, with yet another porn reference.

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Pam found a new gig.

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And so did April.

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Bonus: Kitten VR

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Brian Koerber

Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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