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by Emerson. Visit Emerson.com/WeLoveSTEM to learn more. You can experience some pretty amazing things
with virtual reality — aka VR. When you throw on a headset, you can do things
that would be impossible, dangerous, or just plain impractical in the
real world. And it’s more than a fun way to fight terrifying, life-sized aliens in video games. VR has a ton of potential for scientists and
engineers. Like, imagine you’re designing a sports
car. There’s plenty of computer-aided design,
or CAD, software you can use to create a 3D model of the car
on your computer. But with VR, you can see a life-sized version
of that model. You can walk around it and see exactly what the car would look like
from every angle, ...