A new reality: could VR revive the amusement arcade?

Dedicated virtual reality installations offer an experience you can't recreate at home - like in the early days of video gaming

The rise of the gaming console has left its mark on living rooms and bedrooms around Britain - but it has also hit the high street. There were around 1,000 amusement arcades in the UK in the 1980s, but that number had halved by 2011, according to the amusements industry trade body, Bacta.

Now, the next generation of gaming - virtual reality - is once again making the arcade the prime venue for playing cutting-edge games.