How to Use virtual reality in a Sentence

virtual reality

noun
Definition of virtual realitynext
  • But instead of the Force, the rats had to harness their spatial neurons to guide the object through the virtual reality.
    — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 2 Nov. 2023
  • We’ve been tempted to do [virtual reality] and all these other things, but that feels fake to me.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • By 2030 we may be used to working in virtual reality or in the metaverse.
    — Bernard Marr, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • In that case, why not get a smartphone that captures video to watch back in virtual reality?
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The virtual reality flight lab or themed live demonstrations are reason enough to stay for the whole day.
    — Jp Shaffer, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Venice was one of the first film festivals in the world to spotlight virtual reality.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 27 July 2022
  • The Hamiltons also like to keep things fresh with virtual reality dates and movie nights.
    — Jessica Fields, Essence, 23 July 2024
  • But then Navarro took a virtual reality tour of the house of Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
    — John Otis, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Three of the four rats tested were able to navigate the virtual reality tasks, per the Washington Post.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Or, if virtual reality is more your speed, there's also an area packed with video games, air hockey, and skee-ball.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Even with all the advances in virtual reality and imaging, bodies are still very much needed to train the next batch of doctors.
    — Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2022
  • Attendees will be able to play video and virtual reality games and buy, sell and trade Pokemon cards.
    — Mike Danahey, chicagotribune.com, 5 Feb. 2022
  • The virtual reality space is continuing to grow, and artists still have plenty of room to carve out their own niche within it.
    — Gideon Kimbrell, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2023
  • That gives the Magic Leap 2 the ability to be used as a virtual reality headset too.
    — Adario Strange, Quartz, 18 July 2022
  • Ogden and Wong can both imagine a day when colleagues will dip in and out of virtual reality throughout the workday.
    — Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2022
  • The virtual reality goggles, which retail for $3,499, will be available at all Apple stores in the U.S. and online.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2024
  • One game puts fans into the batter’s box at Globe Life Field with a virtual reality headset.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2024
  • Some kits even use virtual reality (and come with a VR headset for a phone) to enhance the lesson in a way that really excites kids.
    — Maya Polton, Parents, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The virtual reality parental supervision process can only be initiated by the teen and must be agreed to by both the parent and the teen.
    — Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2022
  • To do this, the rat was harnessed into a virtual reality system.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The series, out Friday, is set in the near and far future, the natural world and virtual reality, Appalachia and London.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Six years ago, consumer virtual reality seemed set to be the next major tech breakthrough.
    — Steve Haske, Ars Technica, 7 Oct. 2022
  • At the event, some people gathered in groups, sitting in silence, to test out the latest virtual reality products.
    — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Strange Days is a movie that deserves more eyes, a prescient exploration of virtual reality and the societal issues that plague us to this day.
    — Robert English, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Ready to see the Dunder Mifflin gang in virtual reality?
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The show, based on William Gibson's novel, deals with changes in society and how a virtual reality game figures into things.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 27 July 2023
  • The melding of fitness and video games has never been more natural than in the expanding realm of virtual reality.
    — Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The Federal Trade Commission tried to stop Meta from buying a start-up that makes a virtual reality fitness game.
    — David McCabe, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • This optimistic stance marks a significant shift for Yiu, who revealed that his fund had previously sold out of Meta Platform shares two years ago due to concerns about the company’s virtual reality investments.
    — Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Minecraft will officially stop supporting all virtual reality headsets after March 2025, according to an update posted to the Bedrock changelog.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2024

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