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

Originally released in late 2024, Rogue Incursion – Part One (it was always planned as a two-part story) was a big enough success to warrant a conversion for those who either can't — or don't want to — get a virtual reality headset. —Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025

Meanwhile, remote handling upgrades, including a virtual reality system (Remote Handling Operations Virtual Reality – RHOVR) built with Unreal Engine, are helping engineers train operators and rehearse complex tasks. —Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025

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

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