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VR: What's Possibly in Reality?

Trailblazers with Walter Isaacson

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The Beginnings of Virtual Reality

V p l research was one of first companies to manufacture and sell virtual reality products. By wearing a helmet that tracked the movements of your head, you were no longer trapped on the other side of a flat screen. You could look around and actually feel like you were inside a computer generated environment. The power glove was a controller for the nentendo entertainment system. In the game bad street brawler, you coul use it to aly punch the bad guys with your own arm instead of just smashing a button.

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