digital environments
Computer-generated worlds
Digital environments are spaces that exist within computer systems rather than physical reality—websites, virtual worlds, video games, social media platforms, and simulations.
The term emphasizes these as places where activity occurs: Students collaborate in digital environments, The company tested prototypes in a digital environment before manufacturing.
Unlike "digital tools," which suggests instruments, digital environments suggests habitats or arenas.
- virtualExisting in effect, not fact
- virtual realityComputer-created interactive environment
- cyberspaceVirtual electronic network environment
- onlineNetwork-connected state
- immersiveFully engaging the senses
avatar · simulation · game engine · interface · pixels · screens · metaverse · interactive · user interface · networked · VR · augmented · augmented reality · holographic · rendered · synthetic · coded · browser
- VRVR headsets, VR games, metaverse, Oculus, Meta Quest
- VR filmmaking360 video
digital environmentsbrick-and-mortar
Physically present business
meatspace · physical reality · built environment · IRL · three-dimensional space
digital environmentsnature
Inherent quality or disposition
wilderness · natural world · natural settings · direct experience · ecosystems
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