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This VR App Teaches You to Dance Without Letting Anyone Watch You Struggle

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Most people don’t know how to dance, and many are so self-conscious they won’t even sign up for a class because it means other people will witness the stumbling, bumbling, and awkward shuffling they call dancing and everyone else calls failing a sobriety test. But what if you didn’t have to learn in front of anyone? What if you could practice alone in virtual reality, guided by digital instructors teaching you to cha-cha or waltz without fear of judgment?

According to NPR, that’s exactly what a new generation of virtual reality apps is trying to do, which they got to test at the Augmented World Expo, a trade show where development teams from around the........

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