Now based at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, Dr Ehrsson told CNN that his study has already caught the eye of virtual reality researchers and video game developers.

CNN: Scientists recreate out-of-body experience

Valve programmer Joe Ludwig's 'What We Learned Porting Team Fortress 2 to Virtual Reality' will explore the efforts of several employees over the last year to get the game to run in virtual reality goggles.

ENGADGET: Stay seated: Valve's Team Fortress 2 ported to virtual reality

Phobias may represent the biggest market for video-game and virtual-reality therapy, and clinics are popping up worldwide.

ECONOMIST: Monitor

The company's even giving a duo of talks at the upcoming Game Developer's Conference on the difficulties of game development for virtual reality.

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He devised an elaborate travel game, conjuring a sort of early virtual reality.

NEWYORKER: Sole Mate

In the modern era of virtual reality, NPR's Rick Karr reports that the original, unplugged version of the game remains popular and has proved a key influence on the next generation of video games.

NPR: D&D Turns 30

Today, a Kyoto facility designed by game maker Sega lets people experience Mother Nature's nasty streak: a virtual-reality earthquake.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | Travel Watch | Who Needs Nature? Japan Does It Better

It's not clear if Icelandic game studio CCP is extending its crazy MMO, EVE Online, into the world of virtual reality, but the company is working on some form of EVE-based VR application using the Oculus Rift.

ENGADGET: EVE Online dev reveals Oculus Rift-based space dogfighting 'experience' (update: video!)