virtual reality
a realistic and immersive computer simulation of a three-dimensional environment, created using interactive software and hardware, and experienced or controlled by movement of the body. Abbreviation: VR
Origin of virtual reality
1- Also called ar·ti·fi·cial re·al·i·ty [ahr-tuh-fish-uhl ree-al-i-tee] /ˈɑr təˈfɪʃ əl riˈæl ɪ ti/ .
- Compare augmented reality, mixed reality.
- See also extended reality.
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How to use virtual reality in a sentence
They have become prisoners of their own artificial reality, with no easy access to the larger truths outside.
Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Political Parties | David Frum | October 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTQualities are pursued in the attempt to build a science of artificial reality.
The Civilization of Illiteracy | Mihai NadinThe natural identity of food vanishes in the subsequent practical experience of artificial reality.
The Civilization of Illiteracy | Mihai NadinThere is an artificial reality about his works, which is no where else to be met with.
Hazlitt on English Literature | Jacob Zeitlin
British Dictionary definitions for virtual reality
a computer-generated environment that, to the person experiencing it, closely resembles reality: Abbreviation: VR See also virtual (def. 4)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for virtual reality
A computer simulation of a real or imaginary world or scenario, in which a user may interact with simulated objects or living things in real time. More sophisticated virtual reality systems place sensors on the user's body to sense movements that are then interpreted by the system as movements in the simulated world; binocular goggles are sometimes used to simulate the appearance of objects in three dimensions.
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Cultural definitions for virtual reality
The creation of images and tactile sensations by means of a computer, producing the illusion of reality. Images are often projected onto special goggles to strengthen the illusion. (See cyberspace.)
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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