If you walked into Charles Herzog’s classroom last spring, you’d have seen a peculiarly modern sight: middle schoolers all staring into virtual-reality gear. Their bodies, officially ...

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Scientists have invented a device that allows people to taste different flavours while in virtual reality environments. The researchers claim the invention will bring a new dimension to VR by ...

Though it sounds like something from the future, virtual reality has been around for decades, and it still works similarly, though the quality has certainly improved. When was VR invented?