virtual worlds
Simulated online environments
Virtual worlds are computer-generated environments where users interact through avatars or representations of themselves.
These spaces range from social platforms to immersive games, allowing people to explore, communicate, build, and conduct activities that mirror or diverge from physical reality: She spent hours decorating her house in a virtual world.
The term encompasses everything from early text-based MUDs to modern metaverse platforms.
- avatarsDigital or divine incarnations
- character creationBuilding a playable persona
- teleportInstant point-to-point travel
- cyberspaceVirtual electronic network environment
- open worldNonlinear game environment
online personas · user interfaces · screen time · metaverse · digital identity · sandbox · simulation · immersive storytelling · cyberculture · haptic feedback · Second Life · gesture recognition · mixed reality · augmented reality · digital twin · internet · multiplayer · network protocols
- simulation gamesThe Sims, character creation, tycoon game, dating sim, city builder
- digital societysocial networks, internet, digital age, internet culture, digital natives
- online communitiesforum, online communities, discussion board, forums, message board
- online entertainmentstreaming services, video games, online gaming, YouTube, Netflix
- online spaceswebsite, websites, webpage, web pages, web page
- False Realitiesillusions, simulations, delusions, hallucinations, fantasies
virtual worldsphysical reality
The material universe
real world · physical world · meatspace · IRL · real life
virtual, worldwide, worldly, virtually, worlds, otherworldly, underworld, unworldly, worldview