It feels real. Really real. There is a palpable sense of presence, which can only be created in free-roam VR. The computer and the headset disappear. It’s sunset. Flocks of birds soar overhead.

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The VR project was created by a production team ... with municipal governments and travel agencies to encourage sightseeing businesses,” said Naotaka Fujii, the 56-year-old company president.