virtual reality en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈvɜː(ɹ)tʃuəl ɹiːˈælɪti/
Etymology
Calque of French réalité virtuelle. virtual + reality
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A computer technology that simulates a real or imagined environment so that the user can interact with it as if physically present.
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(broadly, countable, dated, uncountable) 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.
1993 April 7, Blackbriar, “Re: Invisibility, "MOOrape"”, in parcftp.xerox.com/pub/MOO/contrib/mail mailing list:When a player like Shotton's interviewee controls a persona in a MUA and becomes absorbed to such an extent that he is oblivious to the real world, concentrating only on the virtual reality, then the player and his persona fuse; he 'becomes' his persona in that MUA. As far as the player is concerned, things are happening not to the persona but to he himself. He can do things that are impossible in the real world, and be whoever he wants to be. That's the attraction.
1990 December 14, Richard Bartle, Interactive Multi-User Computer Games:
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Something conjectured which is effectively coming into existence.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| virtual realities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
real reality · augmented reality · IRL · RR · hybrid reality · extended reality · MR · metaverse · spatial computing · AR · mixed reality · w:cyber-physical system · CPS
Deriveds
Relateds
🥽 · metaverse · augmented reality · real reality · VR · extended reality
Synonyms
Translations (73)
ms رياليتي ماي (virtual reality) · ga réaltacht fhíorúil (virtual reality) · af skynwerklikheid (virtual reality) · es realidad virtual (virtual reality) · my အသွင်ယောင် ပကတိ (virtual reality) · ast realidá virtual (virtual reality) · hy վիրտուալ իրականություն (virtual reality) · pt realidade virtual (virtual reality) · gl realidade virtual (virtual reality) · cmn 虛擬現實 /虚拟现实 (virtual reality) · az virtual reallıq (virtual reality) · bn অপ্রকৃত বাস্তবতা (virtual reality) · ta தோற்ற மெய்ம்மை (virtual reality) · ky виртуалдуу аныктык (virtual reality) · ms kenyataan maya (virtual reality) · yue 虛擬現實 /虚拟现实 (virtual reality) · ja バーチャルリアリティ (virtual reality) · lt virtuali realybė (virtual reality) · ja 人工現実感 (virtual reality) · eo virtuala realo (virtual reality) · it realtà virtuale (virtual reality) · eo virtuala realeco (virtual reality) · cs virtuální realita (virtual reality) · el εικονική πραγματικότητα (virtual reality) · id realitas maya (virtual reality) · be віртуальная рэальнасць (virtual reality) · nl virtual reality (virtual reality) · no kunstig virkelighet (virtual reality) · he מציאות מדומה (virtual reality) · ka ვირტუალური რეალობა (virtual reality) · fi virtuaalitodellisuus (virtual reality) · fr réalité virtuelle (virtual reality) · vi thực tế ảo (virtual reality) · co realità virtuale (virtual reality) · sk virtuálna realita (virtual reality) · cmn 虛擬實境 /虚拟实境 (virtual reality) · pa ਆਭਾਸੀ ਅਸਲੀਅਤ (virtual reality) · ms realiti maya (virtual reality) · ja 仮想現実 (virtual reality) · hi आभासी यथार्थ (virtual reality) · co rialità virtuale (virtual reality) · ru виртуа́льная реа́льность (virtual reality) · sl navidezna resničnost (virtual reality) · yue 虛擬實境 /虚拟实境 (virtual reality) · eu errealitate birtual (virtual reality) · sv virtuell verklighet (virtual reality) · la realitas virtualis (virtual reality) · id realitas virtual (virtual reality) · is sýndarveruleiki (virtual reality) · ar حَقِيقَة ظَاهِرِيَّة (virtual reality) · kn ವರ್ಚುಯಲ್ ರಿಯಾಲಿಟಿ (virtual reality) · ca realitat virtual (virtual reality) · ro realitate virtuală (virtual reality) · ml വെർച്വൽ റിയാലിറ്റി (virtual reality) · ar وَاقِع اِفْتِرَاضِيّ (virtual reality) · mn виртуал бодит байдал (virtual reality) · ur بصری حقیقت (virtual reality) · fa واقعیت مجازی (virtual reality) · bg виртуална реалност (virtual reality) · tr sanal gerçeklik (virtual reality) · uk віртуа́льна реа́льність (virtual reality) · pl rzeczywistość wirtualna (virtual reality) · nl virtuele werkelijkheid (virtual reality) · et virtuaalreaalsus (virtual reality) · kk виртуалды шындық (virtual reality) · th ความเป็นจริงเสมือน (virtual reality) · ko 가상현실 (virtual reality) · lv virtuālā realitāte (virtual reality) · hi आभासी वास्तविकता (virtual reality) · mk виртуелна реалност (virtual reality) · hu virtuális valóság (virtual reality) · za cang yiengh yienhsaed (virtual reality) · de virtuelle Realität (virtual reality)