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Watching Hulu in virtual reality got a lot easier on Wednesday after the company announced its VR app would support the Oculus Rift. 

After a delayed 2015 launch, Hulu's VR app for the Samsung Gear VR finally arrived in March. Now the app is available for the much more powerful (and expensive) Oculus Rift, strengthening Hulu's commitment to VR.  

Currently, the main function of the app is to show users 2D content within the confines of a virtual cinema environment, but the app also delivers 30 original VR experiences that users can view without a Hulu subscription.

In addition to the existing VR video selection, Hulu has also partnered with Syfy channel producers to offer a special immersive VR experience for the network's 12 Monkeys show on Hulu.com. 

Called the "Temporal Facility," it allows fans to virtually visit the fictional time machine featured on the television show. According to Hulu, this is just the first in a slate of show-specific VR experiences that the company plans to bring to the app.

As you can see from the demonstration video (above), the 2D viewing room in the app isn't a particularly stunning VR experience. As the company builds its original VR content library, however, it may be enough to get users accustomed to jacking into Hulu using virtual reality headsets instead of their televisions or tablets. 

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