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A Virtual Reality system can transport the user to exotic locations such as a beach in Hawaii or the inside of the human body.

To put a large helmet on your head to see the simulated world and you have to wear a special glove on your hand in order to manipulate the objects you see there

Lenses and two miniature display screens inside the helmet create the illusion that the screen surrounds you on every side.
You can «look behind» computer— generated objects, pick them up and examine them, walk around and see things from a different angle.

Surgeons could plan operations by first «travelling» through the brain, heart or lungs without damaging the body.

In schools pupils could explore the Great Pyramid or study molecules from the inside

Developers of Virtual Reality say its potential is powerful.
The word which comes closest to describing Virtual Reality is «simulator».