Virtual reality has been in the pipeline for years, right? Well actually it's been decades. And while some devices, in limited ways, have offered consumers a teasing glimpse of that long-promised transcendental immersive experience, nobody has quite pulled it off.

But with Apple reportedly about to enter the arena with its long-awaited consumer VR device, all that could soon be about to change.

So join us today as we strap on a pair and ask exactly what we can expect from Apple's VR headset.

The first thing to get your head around is the fact that, for Apple at least, this kind of technology is actually nothing new. According to those rare and precious rumours that escape the tight-lipped Cupertino firm, Apple has been quietly beavering away at the problem of VR and its close cousin Augmented Reality ? or AR ? for at least a decade now.

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