She was studying during the lockdown. Then she fell into a virtual world

One young woman's story of getting addicted to VR

This piece is about Georgia, a recent graduate from a university in Greater Manchester. Earlier this year, during the most recent national lockdown of the pandemic, she suddenly became hooked on the world of virtual reality — so hooked that she was spending whole days wearing a headset and living in computer-generated worlds.

She spoke to our reporter Jack Dulhanty about the experience, and what it cost her.