virtual interaction

Digital social contact

Virtual interaction is communication or engagement that occurs through digital technology rather than face-to-face: Most of our team's virtual interactions happen over video calls.

The term covers everything from texting to video conferences to exchanges in online games.

Virtual interactions lack physical presence but can still carry emotional weight and social consequence.

online communitiesInternet-based social groups
video conferencingReal-time audiovisual communication online
face to faceIn someone's presence
instant messagingLive online text communication
chatbotsSoftware mimicking conversation

holographic displays · avatars · online forums · screen sharing · game engines · telepresence · screen time · remote work · parasocial · online dating · online presence · cloud computing · emojis · digital communication · social media · friend request

Opposites

medium of communication

virtual interactionface-to-face interaction

Communication with physical presence

face-to-face meeting · physical presence · bodily presence

authenticity/directness

virtual interactiondirect experience

Unmediated personal encounter

Family

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Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G