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How Does Virtual Reality Work? Explained Step by Step

You put on a headset, and suddenly you are not in your room anymore. You are somewhere else. A game. A hospital simulation. A property tour. It feels real enough that your brain starts believing it. That is where most people stop thinking.
But if you go one layer deeper, the real question is this: how does virtual reality actually pull this off?