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

Moreover, the team has found religion in the money-losing Reality Labs segment, which is home to its smart-glasses business and other virtual reality efforts. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

The fully online school Optima Classical Academy paid Donalds’ virtual reality curriculum company OptimaEd LLC $10 million in service fees last year, and is planning to pay the company more than $15 million this school year, its budgets show. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Several companies showed off their latest attempts to bring pinball into virtual reality without abandoning physical controls, letting players wear a VR helmet while pressing real buttons on a pedestal setup. — ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026

The school also uses virtual reality to simulate some environments students might encounter and to teach tasks like checking for a vacuum leak. — Katherine Bourzac, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2026

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