virtual realitynoun [ U ]
uk/ˌvɜː.tju.əl riˈæl.ɪ.ti/us/ˌvɝː.tʃu.əl riˈæl.ə.t̬i/abbreviation VRB2 a set of images and sounds, produced by a computer, that seem to represent a place or a situation that a person can take part in
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Computer concepts
- aeroplane mode
- airplane mode
- atomicity
- augmented reality
- back end
- clone
- cloud
- corruption
- default to sth
- electronic
- gigabyte
- GUI
- multimedia
- reboot
- template
- tuple
- virtual
- virtually
- web hosting
- what you see is what you get idiom
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Examples from literature
- Virtual reality games, such as Second Life, are games played on a computer.