Feb 12, 2026 · Virtual reality (VR), the use of computer modeling and simulation that enables a person to interact with an artificial three-dimensional (3-D) visual or other sensory environment.

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Feb 12, 2026 · Virtual reality - Immersive, Experiences, Technology: By the beginning of 1993, VPL had closed its doors and pundits were beginning to write of the demise of virtual reality.

virtual reality, Use of computer modeling and simulation to enable a person to interact with an artificial three-dimensional visual or other sensory environment.

Dec 18, 2025 · Second Life, life-simulation network on the Internet created in 2003 by the American company Linden Research, Inc. Second Life allows users to create and manage the lives of avatars …

In virtual reality: Education and training Since the 1960s, electrical engineer Thomas Furness had been working on visual displays and instrumentation in cockpits for the U.S. Air Force.

In virtual reality: Education and training …in 1982 he demonstrated the Visually Coupled Airborne Systems Simulator—better known as the Darth Vader helmet, for the armoured archvillain of the …

In virtual reality: Entertainment military’s SIMNET system of networked training simulators, BattleTech centres put players in individual “pods,” essentially cockpits that served as immersive, interactive …

Further advances in computer and programming technology, notably the development of virtual-reality simulation, have made it possible to reproduce highly complex real-life conditions.