Is a virtual reality boom coming?

Despite decades of hype, virtual reality has never been quite ready for prime time. That is about to change, with implications for industries from gaming to engineering. Matthew Partridge reports

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It’s match point and I’m serving. I throw the ball up in the air and swing my paddle. The ball hits the table, then flies just above the net. 

My opponent manages to get to it, but his return is just a little too high and I smash it. Game set and match to me. 

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Dr Matthew Partridge
Shares editor, MoneyWeek

Matthew graduated from the University of Durham in 2004; he then gained an MSc, followed by a PhD at the London School of Economics.

He has previously written for a wide range of publications, including the Guardian and the Economist, and also helped to run a newsletter on terrorism. He has spent time at Lehman Brothers, Citigroup and the consultancy Lombard Street Research.

Matthew is the author of Superinvestors: Lessons from the greatest investors in history, published by Harriman House, which has been translated into several languages. His second book, Investing Explained: The Accessible Guide to Building an Investment Portfolio, is published by Kogan Page.

As senior writer, he writes the shares and politics & economics pages, as well as weekly Blowing It and Great Frauds in History columns He also writes a fortnightly reviews page and trading tips, as well as regular cover stories and multi-page investment focus features.

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