The implied contract between the producers of such shows and their audience says that what's shown won't be reality at all.
It's being rendered in real-time, but it's important to understand that this isn't proper augmented reality stuff.
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But that doesn't change the reality that some chemotherapy drugs produce stunning results.
But nonprofit managers and experts caution that perceptions don't always match reality, and business-world veterans frequently undergo a bumpy transition.
London's Natural History Museum is a place of wonderment and beauty... unless you're an eight-year-old who can't differentiate between reality and make-believe.
"None of this is possible if we don't address the reality there are 11 million people in this country who are undocumented, " Rubio said.
So it's hard for Americans to understand if you can't accept the reality with this is what's happening, how is there going to way forward?
Rep. FRANK: Well, I'll be glad to tell you and also, well, I disagree with the piece you just have, which I think, frankly, trivializes a very serious issue in ways that don't correspond to reality.
One of the many reasons our killer Captain EO home theater setup hasn't become a reality yet is because even with more than a few kinds of 3D HDTV equipment on shelves, there's no standard that guarantees that next Hannah Montana Blu-ray disc will be able to take advantage of it.
But you wouldn't want to make this story up if it weren't rooted in reality, because Tony's plan is, before anything else, utterly preposterous as well as inventive and wildly daring: "This is the best bad idea we have, sir, " his superior, Jack O'Donnell (Bryan Cranston), tells the CIA's director in a meeting at Langley headquarters.
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But if Keynes couldn't usher the idea into reality, Mr Stiglitz certainly can't.
Seeing Battles play live, those images of the band aren't entirely divorced from reality.
"In many of these areas, America still hasn't caught up with reality, " he says.
"The policy of targeting young people doesn't really synchronize with reality, " he adds.
Though most concept cars don't make it to reality, certain design aspects will often work their way into real models.
Power meters on mobile devices also don't always exactly describe reality, or at least the reality that matters to users.
She says "media marketing" isn't necessarily "the reality they are looking for".
But please don't cry because my reality show would be so boring.
While that may be the most fantastical element of the film, the notion of predicting crimes before they happen isn't completely divorced from reality.
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"My GoDaddy account would belong to her, but it doesn't solve the practical reality of how she would get access to it, " he said.
Ms. CATHY WAYLAN (Real Estate Agent): It helps us in talking with our sellers, and sometimes they can't grasp the whole reality of the market.
When reviews don't match up with reality, consumers return to the site to post reviews of their own experience, said Adam Medros, vice president of global product for TripAdvisor.
Research shows that intentions don't necessarily align with reality, and people often end up retiring as they had expected because of health reasons, job losses or simply a miscalculation of their own desires.
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