Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A computer simulation of a real or imaginary system that enables a user to perform operations on the simulated system and shows the effects in real time.
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- noun A reality that is only based in the
computer .
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- noun a hypothetical three-dimensional visual world created by a computer; user wears special goggles and fiber optic gloves etc., and can enter and move about in this world and interact with objects as if inside it
Etymologies
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From virtual and reality
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jmjarmstrong commented on the word virtual reality
JM advises that virtual reality is its own reward.
August 26, 2011