An exemplary linking apparatus includes first and second data transfer connector plugs configured to mate, respectively, with first and second data transfer connector receptacles of first and second mobile computing devices configured to run respective instances of a virtual-reality-related application. The linking apparatus may further include a housing configured to facilitate a positioning of the first and second mobile computing devices in front of a user in a dual-screen extended landscape configuration by allowing the data transfer connector plugs to mate only when the mobile computing devices are physically adjacent to one another. The linking apparatus may also include a plurality of conductors electrically coupling the data transfer connector plugs to provide a data transfer link between the mobile computing devices over which data associated with the instances of the virtual-reality-related application may be transferred to enable an enhanced presentation of a virtual reality experience to the user.