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virtual reality

 
 
noun [C or U] IT

Definition

a set of images and sounds produced by a computer, which create a place or a situation that a person can take part in: Using their expertise and virtual reality technology architects recreated the Theater of Pompey in Rome. a virtual reality machine/system/program a virtual reality game/community
(Definition of virtual reality noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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