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Tricking the brain with transformative virtual reality

Clip: 12/18/2013 | 5m 31s

Tricking the brain with transformative virtual reality

Want to have a just-like-real-life fantasy experience without leaving your living room? Virtual reality technology is already employed by certain industries, but economics correspondent Paul Solman considers the variety of applications it could have in the consumer market in the future.

12/18/2013 | Rating NR

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