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  1. Virtual reality (VR) | Definition, Development, Technology, …

    5 days ago · 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.

  2. Metaverse | Definition, Meaning, & Facts | Britannica

    Nov 21, 2025 · 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.

  3. Virtual reality - Entertainment, Immersion, Simulation | Britannica

    Oct 29, 2025 · Virtual reality - Entertainment, Immersion, Simulation: As virtual worlds became more detailed and immersive, people began to spend time in these spaces for entertainment, …

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

    Nov 27, 2025 · 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.

  5. virtual reality summary | Britannica

    A computer-generated environment simulates reality by means of interactive devices that send and receive information and are worn as goggles, headsets, gloves, or body suits.

  6. Cyberspace | Digital Communications & Security | Britannica

    Cyberspace, amorphous, supposedly “virtual” world created by links between computers, Internet-enabled devices, servers, routers, and other components of the Internet’s infrastructure.

  7. Holography | Optics, 3D Imaging & Laser Technology | Britannica

    Nov 4, 2025 · The diffracted light is transmitted at a wide angle from that of the laser’s reference beam. On the light source side of the hologram, at C, a virtual image visible to the eye is …

  8. Virtual community | Definition, Characteristics, Types, & Facts ...

    Virtual communities and social media have coevolved as emerging technologies have afforded new kinds of interaction and as different groups of people have appropriated media for new …

  9. Postmodernism - Relativism, Deconstruction, Critique | Britannica

    Nov 24, 2025 · If postmodernists are correct that reality, knowledge, and value are relative to discourse, then the established discourses of the Enlightenment are no more necessary or …

  10. Albert Einstein - Physics, Relativity, Teaching | Britannica

    Nov 23, 2025 · In the summer of 1915, Einstein had given six two-hour lectures at the University of Göttingen that thoroughly explained an incomplete version of general relativity that lacked a …