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  2. Virtual reality (VR) | Definition, Development, Technology,...

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    virtual reality (VR), the use of computer modeling and simulation that enables a person to interact with an artificial three-dimensional (3-D) visual or other sensory environment. VR applications immerse the user in a computer-generated environment that simulates reality through the use of interactive devices, which send and receive information ...

  3. Virtual reality Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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    VIRTUAL REALITY meaning: an artificial world of images and sounds created by a computer that is affected by the actions of a person who is experiencing it

  4. virtual reality summary | Britannica

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    virtual reality, Use of computer modeling and simulation to enable a person to interact with an artificial three-dimensional visual or other sensory environment.

  5. Virtual reality - Education, Training, Immersion | Britannica

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    Virtual reality - Education, Training, Immersion: An important area of application for VR systems has always been training for real-life activities. The appeal of simulations is that they can provide training equal or nearly equal to practice with real systems, but at reduced cost and with greater safety.

  6. metaverse, proposed network of immersive online worlds experienced typically through virtual reality or augmented reality in which users would interact with each other and purchase goods and services, some of which would exist only in the online world.

  7. Virtual reality - Entertainment, Immersion, Simulation |...

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    Virtual reality - Entertainment, Immersion, Simulation: As virtual worlds became more detailed and immersive, people began to spend time in these spaces for entertainment, aesthetic inspiration, and socializing.

  8. Augmented reality | Definition, Examples, & Facts | Britannica

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    Augmented reality, in computer programming, a process of combining or “augmenting” video or photographic displays by overlaying the images with useful computer-generated data. The earliest applications of augmented reality were almost certainly the “heads-up-displays” (HUDs) used in military

  9. Virtual reality - Immersive, Experiences, Technology | Britannica

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    Live Science - What Is Virtual Reality? Lifewire - What is Virtual Reality? Nature - Computer science: Visionary of virtual reality; National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - How Virtual Reality Technology Has Changed Our Lives: An Overview of the Current and Potential Applications and Limitations

  10. Reality Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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    REALITY meaning: 1 : the true situation that exists the real situation; 2 : something that actually exists or happens a real event, occurrence, situation, etc.

  11. Virtual communities are social aggregations that emerge from the Net when enough people carry on those public discussions long enough, with sufficient human feeling, to form webs of personal relationships in cyberspace.