Thousands of Irish fans travelled to Rome this weekend to watch Ireland take on Italy in the Six Nations - but what if rather than watching it on a flatscreen TV, you could get the experience of being there, without the travel and expense?

This could be the norm in the future if virtual reality takes off the way some of the Big Tech companies are envisioning it.

For more on this, we heard from Newstalk’s Technology Correspondent, Jess Kelly.