Is this the first mention of VR in a work of fiction?
46The answer?.... probably, yes.
I take a look at what could possibly be the first mention of technology akin to virtual reality in a work of fiction - Pygmalion's Spectacles by Stanley G. Weinbaum. This short story was first published in 1935 and remains strikingly close (in some aspects) to modern-day VR.
Read Pygmalion's Spectacles here: https://www.classicly.com/pygmalions-spectacles
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