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

These services range from tutorial services in math, science, and reading to more hands-on learning projects, such as small-group learning activities and virtual reality. —Raymond Pierce, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

The studio’s development pipeline will span scripted series, documentaries, lifestyle programming, advertising content, interactive media and virtual reality projects. —Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025

One chapter imagines how brain-computer interfaces will usher us into virtual reality; another suggests that AI should run companies. —Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025

Visitors at Cenex saw the cells integrated into a virtual reality model of the Jaguar I-PACE battery pack. —Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 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