[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

virtual reality
     n : a hypothetical three-dimensional visual world created by a
         computer; user wears special goggles and fiber optic
         gloves etc., and can enter and move about in this world
         and interact with objects as if inside it

[2] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

virtual reality n. 1. computer simulations that use 3-d graphics and
   devices such as the dataglove to allow the user to interact with the
   simulation. see cyberspace. 2. a form of network interaction
   incorporating aspects of role-playing games, interactive theater,
   improvisational comedy, and `true confessions' magazines. in a virtual
   reality forum such as usenet's alt.callahans newsgroup or the mud
   experiments on internet, interaction between the participants is
   written like a shared novel complete with scenery, `foreground
   characters' that may be personae utterly unlike the people who write
   them, and common `background characters' manipulable by all parties. the
   one iron law is that you may not write irreversible changes to a
   character without the consent of the person who `owns' it. otherwise
   anything goes. see bamf, cyberspace, teledildonics.


see also:
cyberspace mud bamf teledildonics 

[3] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

virtual reality
     
        vr
     
        1.  computer simulations that use 3d graphics and
        devices such as the data glove to allow the user to interact
        with the simulation.
     
        2.  a form of network interaction incorporating aspects
        of role-playing games, interactive theater, improvisational
        comedy, and "true confessions" magazines.  in a virtual
        reality forum such as usenet's news:alt.callahans
        newsgroup or the mud experiments on internet and
        elsewhere, interaction between the participants is written
        like a shared novel complete with scenery, "foreground
        characters" that may be personae utterly unlike the people who
        write them, and common "background characters" manipulable by
        all parties.  the one iron law is that you may not write
        irreversible changes to a character without the consent of the
        person who "owns" it, otherwise, anything goes.
     
        see bamf, cyberspace.
     
        jargon file
     
        1995-01-30
     
     
see also:
data glove usenet lt;news:alt.callahansgt; mud internet bamf 
cyberspace jargon file 

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