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virtual reality

UK/ˈvɜː(ɹ)tʃuəl ɹiːˈælɪti/US/ˈvɜː(ɹ)tʃuəl ɹiːˈælɪti/
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Virtual reality is the computer world you step inside with a screen on your face. Try virtual reality.

The trick is that the view moves as fast as your head, since any lag makes people ill. Virtual reality has been about to arrive for forty years.

European Space Agency · CC BY-SA 3.0 igo

Definitions of virtual reality

  1. 1phrasevirtual realityThe computer world you step inside by strapping a screen to your face.B2

    “Ten minutes of virtual reality was enough for most of them.”

virtual reality is a technology.

Also accepted in games: vr

Where it comes from

A translation of French realite virtuelle; virtual plus reality.

  1. French

    réalité virtuelle

  2. English, today

    virtual reality

French réalité virtuelle. virtual + reality

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Technology & Internet

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