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A computer technology that simulates a real or imagined environment so that the user can interact with it as if physically present.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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A text adventure or multi-user dungeon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, dated, uncountable
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Something conjectured which is effectively coming into existence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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a hypothetical three-dimensional visual world created by a computer; user wears special goggles and fiber optic gloves etc., and can enter and move about in this world and interact with objects as if inside it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: computer game, video game
Calque of French réalité virtuelle. virtual + reality
Across languages
Translations
73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
skynwerklikheid
— virtual reality
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Arabic:
وَاقِع اِفْتِرَاضِيّ
(wāqiʕ iftirāḍiyy)
— virtual reality
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Arabic:
حَقِيقَة ظَاهِرِيَّة
— virtual reality
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Armenian:
վիրտուալ իրականություն
(virtual irakanutʻyun)
— virtual reality
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Asturian:
realidá virtual
— virtual reality
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Azerbaijani:
virtual reallıq
— virtual reality
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Basque:
errealitate birtual
— virtual reality
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Belarusian:
віртуальная рэальнасць
(virtualʹnaja realʹnascʹ)
— virtual reality
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Bengali:
অপ্রকৃত বাস্তবতা
(oprokrito bastobota)
— virtual reality
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Bulgarian:
виртуална реалност
(virtualna realnost)
— virtual reality
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Burmese:
အသွင်ယောင် ပကတိ
(a.swang-yaung pa.ka.ti.)
— virtual reality
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Catalan:
realitat virtual
— virtual reality
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Chinese Cantonese:
虛擬實境 /虚拟实境
(heoi1 ji5 sat6 ging2,heoi1 ji4 sat6 ging2)
— virtual reality
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Chinese Cantonese:
虛擬現實 /虚拟现实
(heoi1 ji5 jin6 sat6,heoi1 ji4 jin6 sat6)
— virtual reality
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Chinese Mandarin:
虛擬實境 /虚拟实境
(xūnǐ shíjìng)
— virtual reality
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Chinese Mandarin:
虛擬現實 /虚拟现实
(xūnǐ xiànshí)
— virtual reality
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Corsican:
realità virtuale
— virtual reality
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Corsican:
rialità virtuale
— virtual reality
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Czech:
virtuální realita
— virtual reality
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Dutch:
virtual reality
— virtual reality
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Dutch:
virtuele werkelijkheid
— virtual reality
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Esperanto:
virtuala realo
— virtual reality
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Esperanto:
virtuala realeco
— virtual reality
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Estonian:
virtuaalreaalsus
— virtual reality
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Finnish:
virtuaalitodellisuus
— virtual reality
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French:
réalité virtuelle
— virtual reality
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Galician:
realidade virtual
— virtual reality
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Georgian:
ვირტუალური რეალობა
(virṭualuri realoba)
— virtual reality
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German:
virtuelle Realität
— virtual reality
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Greek:
εικονική πραγματικότητα
(eikonikí pragmatikótita)
— virtual reality
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Hebrew:
מציאות מדומה
— virtual reality
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Hindi:
आभासी यथार्थ
(ābhāsī yathārth)
— virtual reality
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Hindi:
आभासी वास्तविकता
(ābhāsī vāstaviktā)
— virtual reality
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Hungarian:
virtuális valóság
— virtual reality
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Icelandic:
sýndarveruleiki
— virtual reality
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Indonesian:
realitas virtual
— virtual reality
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Indonesian:
realitas maya
— virtual reality
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Irish:
réaltacht fhíorúil
— virtual reality
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Italian:
realtà virtuale
— virtual reality
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Japanese:
仮想現実
(kasō genjitsu)
— virtual reality
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Japanese:
バーチャルリアリティ
(bācharu riaritī)
— virtual reality
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Japanese:
人工現実感
(jinkō genjitsukan)
— virtual reality
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Kannada:
ವರ್ಚುಯಲ್ ರಿಯಾಲಿಟಿ
(varcuyal riyāliṭi)
— virtual reality
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Kazakh:
виртуалды шындық
(virtualdy şyndyq)
— virtual reality
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Korean:
가상현실
(gasanghyeonsil)
— virtual reality
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Kyrgyz:
виртуалдуу аныктык
(virtualduu anıktık)
— virtual reality
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Latin:
realitas virtualis
— virtual reality
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Latvian:
virtuālā realitāte
— virtual reality
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Lithuanian:
virtuali realybė
— virtual reality
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Macedonian:
виртуелна реалност
(virtuelna realnost)
— virtual reality
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Malay:
realiti maya
— virtual reality
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Malay:
رياليتي ماي
(rialiti maya)
— virtual reality
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Malay:
kenyataan maya
— virtual reality
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Malayalam:
വെർച്വൽ റിയാലിറ്റി
(veṟcval ṟiyāliṟṟi)
— virtual reality
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Mongolian:
виртуал бодит байдал
(virtual bodit bajdal)
— virtual reality
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Norwegian:
kunstig virkelighet
— virtual reality
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Persian:
واقعیت مجازی
— virtual reality
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Polish:
rzeczywistość wirtualna
— virtual reality
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Portuguese:
realidade virtual
— virtual reality
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Punjabi:
ਆਭਾਸੀ ਅਸਲੀਅਤ
(ābhāsī asalīata)
— virtual reality
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Romanian:
realitate virtuală
— virtual reality
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Russian:
виртуа́льная реа́льность
(virtuálʹnaja reálʹnostʹ)
— virtual reality
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Slovak:
virtuálna realita
— virtual reality
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Slovene:
navidezna resničnost
— virtual reality
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Spanish:
realidad virtual
— virtual reality
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Swedish:
virtuell verklighet
— virtual reality
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Tamil:
தோற்ற மெய்ம்மை
(tōṟṟa meymmai)
— virtual reality
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Thai:
ความเป็นจริงเสมือน
— virtual reality
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Turkish:
sanal gerçeklik
— virtual reality
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Ukrainian:
віртуа́льна реа́льність
(virtuálʹna reálʹnistʹ)
— virtual reality
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Urdu:
بصری حقیقت
— virtual reality
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Vietnamese:
thực tế ảo
— virtual reality
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Zhuang:
cang yiengh yienhsaed
— virtual reality
