virtual reality
- noun
- /ˈvɜrʧuəl rɪˈælɪti/
- Specialized
- With the help of special goggles, he immersed himself in a virtual reality game that made him feel like he was in another world.
- virtual reality (VR)
- virtual reality technology
- virtual reality applications
I have to relearn how to see and walk well as virtual reality improves.
- I have to relearn how to see and walk well as virtual reality improves.
- It is a multi user virtual reality projection system.
- Because nausea is not reality, so virtual reality shouldn't be nauseating.
- I believe with all my heart that virtual reality travel is going to go mainstream.
- It needed to create a virtual reality so that it wasn't overwhelmed with data.
- Using virtual reality as a tool, as a modality.
- It's like a massively, massively advanced version of a virtual reality game simulation.
- I think a lot of help comes if you think about the virtual reality headset metaphor.
- We are recording this podcast in virtual reality.
- So can virtual reality help treat your chronic pain and anxiety?
- He created this incredible virtual reality piece based around Barack Obama's election.
- And in that world is created mathematically through a virtual reality game system.
- And is your girlfriend passionate about PC gaming or virtual reality or anything tech related?
Examples
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Strap on your virtual reality gear and head to the land of the pharaohs.
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Step right up to the latest advances in virtual reality.
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OK, up next, I want to actually show you an example of a virtual reality experience.
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So it's a virtual reality device.
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I believe with all my heart that virtual reality travel is going to go mainstream.
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So let's say I go on a virtual reality boxing program.
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The first is that virtual reality is not an illusion or a fiction.
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Immersive virtual reality therapy for pain.
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In a world dominated by virtual reality, who needs a self-driving car?
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It's like a massively, massively advanced version of a virtual reality game simulation.
How Immersive
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'virtual' (simulated, computer-generated) + 'reality' (what is real), yielding a simulated or computer-generated environment. This compound follows a transparent, cross-linguistically common logic and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Virtual reality combines virtual (something 'not truly real' but made to look or feel real) and reality (the real world). Imagine putting on special goggles and entering a computer-made place that 'feels like you are there', and that image explains why virtual reality means 'a computer-made world you can interact with'.