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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 5, 2015 3:06 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 5, 2015 3:06 PM UTC Regular proposals are so out and virtual reality proposals are in. At least for this Seattle couple. Chandler Murch invited his girlfriend, Kelly Tortorice, to come visit him at work at [Valve Software Corporation](http://www.valvesoftware.com/) under the ruse of testing out a virtual reality headset. Little did she know that he was actually planning on proposing to her. Tortorice described how Murch popped the question in a [Facebook post](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153670151235561&set=a.452950420560.229937.636360560&type=3): “So there I was, typical day…on a sunken ship deck; fixing robots; painting three-dimensional fire; walking through the Alps; and then suddenly, a virtual engagement ring started floating my way,” she said. “Chandler told me to grab it. Then told me to take off my headset, and there he really was, on one knee, with a real ring.” She also revealed that she enthusiastically accepted her boyfriend’s proposal. “But I didn’t say yes. I said, ‘OF COURSE I WILL MARRY YOU!’ Thank you for such a hilarious and fun surprise,” Tortorice wrote. This means a virtual reality wedding can’t be far off. ### Meet Virtual Reality’s Most Important Pioneers  Palmer Lucky, Founder of Oculus, wearing a set of Oculus goggles at the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. on June 23, 2015. Gregg Segal for TIME  Oculus game view Oculus  Alex Kipman holds a Microsoft HoloLens at the Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Wash. on June 25, 2015. Gregg Segal for TIME  Microsoft Hololens game view Microsoft Hololens  Ken Birdwell, an engineer from Valve, demonstrates the Vive virtual reality headset at the Valve headquarters in Seattle, Wash. on June 25, 2015. Gregg Segal for TIME  Alex Schwartz from Owlchemy Labs, juggling tomatoes in their 'Job Simulator' game for the Vive. Owlchemy Labs  Clay Bavor, Vice President of Product Management at Google, wears a Google Cardboard headset at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. on June 24, 2015. 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