virtual reality
A computer technology that simulates a real or imagined environment so that the user…A computer technology that simulates a real or imagined environment so that the user can interact with it as if physically present.
» Have you ever experienced virtual reality?
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A computer technology that simulates a real or imagined environment so that the user can interact with it as if physically present.
(broadly, countable, dated, uncountable)A text adventure or multi-user dungeon.
virtuelle Realität
виртуа́льная реа́льностьvirtuálʹnaja reálʹnostʹ
віртуа́льна реа́льністьvirtuálʹna reálʹnistʹ
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Something conjectured which is effectively coming into existence.
- 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
Examples
18 sentencesHave you ever experienced virtual reality?
Have you ever tried virtual reality?
I have never experienced virtual reality.
This is an example of virtual reality.
ruЭто пример виртуальной реальности.
I've never experienced virtual reality.
Translations
9 languagesOrigin
Calque of French réalité virtuelle. virtual + realityCalque of French réalité virtuelle. virtual + reality
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Forms
plural: virtual realities| Singular | virtual reality |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable