They still can travel the world.

Jim Halsey, 83, tests virtual reality (VR) software and hardware designed to provide senior citizens with travel experiences. (AP)
Mary Chiappetta, 89, experiences virtual nature scenes. (AP)
This is the view from VR goggles. If you were looking through the VR goggles, it would look like a full picture surrounding you. (PD)
Younger kids can wear them. (PD)
Some companies make VR goggle frames out of cardboard. Slide a phone into them and look inside to see a 3-D view. (PD)

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Have you ever looked into a VR head-set? Everything looks so real!

People in nursing homes cannot take trips. So “Live Life” brings VR sets to them.

The elderly don’t leave their chairs. But they visit new places. That brings them joy.

READ MORE: The VR company is called “Viva Vita. ” It means “Live Life.” Many residents of the Powhatan Nursing Home in Falls Church, Virginia, once traveled the world. Now they cannot do that. Virtual reality is not a new idea. The stereoscope was invented over 180 years ago. Your grandparents looked at Viewmaster slides when they were kids. Both made 3-D pictures. King David says in Psalm 27:4 that he wants one thing: “To gaze upon the beauty of the Lord.”