VR worlds
Simulated immersive environments
VR worlds are immersive digital environments experienced through virtual reality headsets.
Users can explore, interact with objects, and often encounter other people as avatars.
These spaces range from realistic simulations to fantastical landscapes: She spends hours in VR worlds building houses and meeting friends.
The term encompasses both gaming environments and social platforms like VRChat.
- virtual realityComputer-created interactive environment
- virtualExisting in effect, not fact
- immersiveFully engaging the senses
- headsetWearable audio device
- avatarDigital user representation
digital twin · metaverse · social spaces · simulation · digital · cyberspace · presence · haptic · haptic feedback · Oculus · environment · dimension · realm · explore · teleport · holographic · pixelated · glitch
VR worldsphysical reality
The material universe
meatspace · IRL · nature · wilderness · three-dimensional space
world, worlds, worldly, worldliness, unworldly, otherworldly