virtual realityn.

Brit.

/ˌvəːtʃʊəl rɪˈalᵻti/,

/ˌvəːtʃ(ᵿ)l rɪˈalᵻti/,

/ˌvəːtjᵿl rɪˈalᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌvərtʃ(əw)əl riˈælədi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: virtual adj., reality n.

Etymology: < virtual adj. + reality n.

A computer-generated simulation of a lifelike environment that can be interacted with in a seemingly real or physical way by a person, esp. by means of responsive hardware such as a visor with screen or gloves with sensors; such environments or the associated technology as a medium of activity or field of study; cyberspace. Abbreviated VR. Cf. virtual adj. 9b.

ΘΚΠ

society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > applications program > virtual reality

artificial reality1969

virtual reality1979

virtuality1988

VR1989

cyberworld1991

augmented reality1992

1979 Programming Announcem. (IBM Data Processing Div.) 30 Jan. (broadsheet) A base to develop an even more powerful operating system,..designated ‘Virtual Reality’...to enable the user to migrate to totally unreal universes.

1987 S. Brand Media Lab i. viii. 138 By the time of the Renaissance, every Mediterranean intellectual had a ‘memory palace’ where he kept everything, an early version of ‘virtual reality’.

1989 Whole Earth Rev. Fall 110/1 Virtual Reality is not a computer. We are speaking about a technology that uses computerized clothing to synthesize shared reality.

1993 D. Sheff Game Over xiv. 342 Kids..stood inside a device that looked like a gyroscope, strapped on binocular-like goggles, and entered computer-generated virtual realities.

1997 S. Pinker How Mind Works (1998) iv. 265 The burgeoning technology of virtual reality, in which a person wears a wide-field helmet showing a synthetic world whizzing by.

2007 C. Stross Halting State (2008) 110 He fiddles for a moment with his laptop, then you see..the entire scene digitized and uploaded into virtual reality.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1990 M8 Dec. 40/3 The Government are going to be overtaken by events, the price of virtual reality suits will fall.

1992 Workstation News Sept. 7/2 Efforts to rebuild south central Los Angeles are being assisted by a virtual reality model of the city.

1999 U.S. News & World Rep. 26 July 34/2 They are in touch with the world, but in virtual-reality 20th-century fashion, via the Internet and satellite phones.

2001 Archaeology Jan. 21/3 Scanning of the mummy was part of a project..combining CT technology and virtual-reality software to create superb images of the still-wrapped bodies and ‘fly-through’ views within them.

2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 Dec. d7/4 The evidence that inhabiting another's perspective can change behavior comes in part from virtual-reality experiments.

2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 23 Feb. b2/4 People flailing their arms in midair..is a potentially humorous outcome of the virtual reality glasses.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	virtual reality
释义	virtual realityn. Brit. /ˌvəːtʃʊəl rɪˈalᵻti/, /ˌvəːtʃ(ᵿ)l rɪˈalᵻti/, /ˌvəːtjᵿl rɪˈalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌvərtʃ(əw)əl riˈælədi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: virtual adj., reality n. Etymology: < virtual adj. + reality n. A computer-generated simulation of a lifelike environment that can be interacted with in a seemingly real or physical way by a person, esp. by means of responsive hardware such as a visor with screen or gloves with sensors; such environments or the associated technology as a medium of activity or field of study; cyberspace. Abbreviated VR. Cf. virtual adj. 9b. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > applications program > virtual reality artificial reality1969 virtual reality1979 virtuality1988 VR1989 cyberworld1991 augmented reality1992 1979 Programming Announcem. (IBM Data Processing Div.) 30 Jan. (broadsheet) A base to develop an even more powerful operating system,..designated ‘Virtual Reality’...to enable the user to migrate to totally unreal universes. 1987 S. Brand Media Lab i. viii. 138 By the time of the Renaissance, every Mediterranean intellectual had a ‘memory palace’ where he kept everything, an early version of ‘virtual reality’. 1989 Whole Earth Rev. Fall 110/1 Virtual Reality is not a computer. We are speaking about a technology that uses computerized clothing to synthesize shared reality. 1993 D. Sheff Game Over xiv. 342 Kids..stood inside a device that looked like a gyroscope, strapped on binocular-like goggles, and entered computer-generated virtual realities. 1997 S. Pinker How Mind Works (1998) iv. 265 The burgeoning technology of virtual reality, in which a person wears a wide-field helmet showing a synthetic world whizzing by. 2007 C. Stross Halting State (2008) 110 He fiddles for a moment with his laptop, then you see..the entire scene digitized and uploaded into virtual reality. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1990 M8 Dec. 40/3 The Government are going to be overtaken by events, the price of virtual reality suits will fall. 1992 Workstation News Sept. 7/2 Efforts to rebuild south central Los Angeles are being assisted by a virtual reality model of the city. 1999 U.S. News & World Rep. 26 July 34/2 They are in touch with the world, but in virtual-reality 20th-century fashion, via the Internet and satellite phones. 2001 Archaeology Jan. 21/3 Scanning of the mummy was part of a project..combining CT technology and virtual-reality software to create superb images of the still-wrapped bodies and ‘fly-through’ views within them. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 Dec. d7/4 The evidence that inhabiting another's perspective can change behavior comes in part from virtual-reality experiments. 2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 23 Feb. b2/4 People flailing their arms in midair..is a potentially humorous outcome of the virtual reality glasses. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1979
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