A Virtual World
Virtual Reality allows the impossible - we can be in two places at once. Adam Shaw looks at how Virtual Reality could change our world
A new technology is emerging which could change the world as significantly as mobile phones or the Internet. That technology is Virtual Reality. Up to now it’s mainly been used for fun - but things are changing. Adam Shaw investigates how VR could change our lives and revolutionise the world of business. Enabling us to be in two places at once and, for example, replacing the need for many painkillers and helping cure psychological problems.
Producer Smita Patel
(Image: Adam Shaw testing virtual reality equipment. Credit: BBC)
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- Sun 21 Aug 201602:06GMTBBC World Service except Australasia, News Internet & South Asia
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