virtual reality

noun

: an artificial environment which is experienced through sensory stimuli (such as sights and sounds) provided by a computer and in which one's actions partially determine what happens in the environment

also : the technology used to create or access a virtual reality

Examples of virtual reality in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After doing battle with a virtual reality experience that knocked her to the ground and sounding the alarm over Amazon Alexa in her house, The View moderator Whoopi Goldberg has officially added AI actress Tilly Norwood to The Whoopi Goldberg War Room™'s terror watchlist. —Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025

In the months before the Ryder Cup, Team Europe captain Luke Donald had supplied each of his players with a virtual reality headset. —Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025

Additionally, conversations included panel discussions on leveraging content creators and influencers for digital campaigns, expanding on new and existing fandoms through live experiences, virtual reality reshaping entertainment, integrating AI to elevate human creativity, among other topics. —Giana Levy, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025

The pilots tended to operate from a safe distance, hunting their targets through computer screens or virtual reality goggles. —Simon Shuster, Time, 24 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1987, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for virtual reality

• abnormality
• cardinality
• commonality
• communality
• cordiality
• corporeality
• criminality
• criticality
• functionality
• generality
• geniality
• hospitality

Kids Definition

virtual reality

noun

: an artificial environment which is experienced through sights and sounds provided by a computer and in which one's actions partly decide what happens in the environment