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Obama Looks Just As Awkward Wearing A Virtual Reality Headset As You Do

Not even the president can make this look cool.
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Senior Photo Editor, HuffPost

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It has to be pretty weird being the president. One minute you’re on Air Force One, the next minute you’re serving as your own guide on a virtual tour through one of America’s favorite national parks. 

Chief White House photographer Pete Souza captured the image below, which shows President Barack Obama watching a 360-degree virtual reality film that was shot earlier this year in Yosemite National Park. 

National Geographic created the 10-minute video, which is titled “Through The Ages” and features Obama’s narration. 

Watch the video below:

Before You Go

Best White House Photos 2015
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President Barack Obama's wave aligns with a rainbow as he boards Air Force One at Norman Manley International Airport before departing from Kingston, Jamaica, on April 9, 2015. (credit:Pete Souza/The White House)
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President Barack Obama hugs Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) after his introduction during the event to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches, at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 2015. (credit:Pete Souza/The White House)
(03 of23)
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President Barack Obama signs a poster for 13-year-old student Vidal Chastanet, who appeared on the "Humans of New York" blog, as his 6-year-old brother Alden St. Marie plays, at left, in the Oval Office on Feb. 5, 2015. (credit:Pete Souza/The White House)
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President Barack Obama greets House and Senate pages as he departs the House chamber after delivering the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2015. (credit:Amanda Lucidon/The White House)
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Snow disperses as Marine One takes off from the South Lawn of the White House on March 6, 2015. (credit:Chuck Kennedy/The White House)
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Lisa Monaco, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, pretends to punch President Barack Obama with her cast in the Oval Office on March 5, 2015. (credit:Pete Souza/The White House)
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President Barack Obama holds the daughter of former staff member Darienne Page Rakestraw in the Cross Hall of the White House on April 3, 2015. (credit:Pete Souza/The White House)
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President Barack Obama and U.S. Park Service rangers view a small alligator during a tour at Everglades National Park in Florida on Earth Day, April 22, 2015. (credit:Pete Souza/The White House)
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Vice President Joe Biden congratulates President Barack Obama after hearing the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act on June 25, 2015. (credit:Pete Souza/The White House)
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President Obama gets help from students after posing for a photo at Dillingham Middle School in Dillingham, Alaska, on Sept. 2, 2015. (credit:Pete Souza/The White House)
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President Barack Obama greets neighbors after visiting a model home at the Nueva Villas at Beverly, a single-family housing development owned by local nonprofit organization Chicanos Por La Causa Inc. in Phoenix, on Jan. 8, 2015. (credit:Pete Souza/The White House)
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President Barack Obama in Marine One flying to Seward, Alaska, on Sept. 1, 2015. (credit:Pete Souza/The White House)
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama escort Pope Francis back into the White House after a ceremony on Sept. 23, 2015. (credit:David Lienemann/The White House)
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First lady Michelle Obama snuggles against President Barack Obama before a videotaping for the 2015 World Expo in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on March 27, 2015. (credit:Amanda Lucidon/The White House)
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama celebrate with outgoing Social Secretary Jeremy Bernard and incoming Social Secretary Deesha Dyer in the ground floor corridor following a state dinner at the White House on April 28, 2015. (credit:Pete Souza/The White House)
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President Barack Obama meets with inmates at El Reno Federal Correctional Institution outside Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on July 16, 2015. (credit:Pete Souza/The White House)
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President Barack Obama gestures to a departing guest in a hallway of the West Wing of the White House on April 29, 2015. (credit:Pete Souza/The White House)
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First lady Michelle Obama cheers "Counselor of the Year" semi-finalists and finalists in the Blue Room prior to an event honoring them in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 30, 2015. (credit:Amanda Lucidon/The White House)
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President Barack Obama talks with Jimmy Kimmel in between taped segments of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in Los Angeles on March 12, 2015. (credit:Pete Souza/The White House)
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An aerial view of the White House taken from the cockpit of Marine One upon arrival from Baltimore, Maryland, on Jan. 15, 2015. (credit:Pete Souza/The White House)
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President Barack Obama delivers remarks with the help of comedic actor Keegan-Michael Key during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2015. (credit:Lawrence Jackson/The White House)
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President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan look toward the Washington Monument during a visit to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on April 27, 2015. (credit:Pete Souza/The White House)
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First lady Michelle Obama reacts while talking on the phone to children across the country as part of the annual NORAD Tracks Santa program. The first lady answered phone calls from Kailua, Hawaii, on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2015. (credit:Amanda Lucidon/The White House)
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