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virtual reality

noun
/ˈvɜː(ɹ)tʃuəl ɹiːˈælɪti/

Etymology

Calque of French réalité virtuelle. virtual + reality

  1. derived from reālis
  2. derived from reālitās
  3. derived from realité
  4. derived from réalité
  5. compounded as virtual reality — “virtual + reality”

Definitions

  1. A computer technology that simulates a real or imagined environment so that the user can…

    A computer technology that simulates a real or imagined environment so that the user can interact with it as if physically present.

  2. A text adventure or multi-user dungeon.

    • In the virtual reality, text is all there is. If you see `Blackbriar chuckles.' then that is the closest you're going to get to a real chuckle in this environment.

  3. Something conjectured which is effectively coming into existence.

The neighborhood

Derived

full-dive virtual reality

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for virtual reality. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA