Virtual reality in the courtroom: US lawyers and judge don headsets in stand-your-ground hearing


Siegel watches a virtual reality presentation at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, during a hearing on the admissibility of a virtual reality depiction in a stand-your-ground case. — South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS

It was no game.

A Broward judge in the US, the lawyers in his courtroom and a man accused of waving a gun to shut down a wedding reception at the venue he owns in Southwest Ranches all put on virtual reality headsets Tuesday as part of a hearing to determine whether charges against the defendant should be dismissed.

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