VR
abbreviation
VR
1 American
v.r.
2
American
abbreviation
V.R.
3
American
abbreviation
VR
British
abbreviation
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variant reading
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Victoria Regina
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virtual reality
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Volunteer Reserve
Etymology
Origin of v.r.2
From New Latin verbum reflexīvum
Origin of V.R.3
From Latin Victōria Rēgīna
Example Sentences
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Its Reality Labs unit, which houses its VR hardware efforts, had a $9.4 billion operating loss in the first nine months of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Across YouTube videos, video games, VR experiences and TikTok edits, audiences are located inside the environment itself blurring the boundaries between storytelling, role-playing, tourism and online participation.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Next to it, a plant worker wears a VR headset to record his own endeavours to demonstrate what successful picking and sorting looks like.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
Horizon Worlds, the virtual reality app that tied into Meta’s Quest VR headsets, will disappear in June, but remain an option for mobile phone users.
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
They move around a lot, and it’s difficult when you’re not doing VR, but on a canvas, to show what motion might be like when nothing can move.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
Mig. v.r. sandy coasts 9.5 Indistinct mottled plumage; upper brown and buff; throat lighter; abdomen white; slender bill dark-brown; legs long, slender; no hind toe; f., sim.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach
Stat. v.r. swamps 10 Crown, back, tail greenish-black; under pale-buff; hind-neck, shoulder deep-chestnut; bill, feet yellow; dark line from chin to lower breast; f., smaller; upper brown streaked chestnut; tail black; under white streaked brown.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach
Stat. v.r. grass, coast 3 Brownish-gray; dark spots on wing; bill black; naked skin round bill lemon-yellow; legs pinkish; toes, webs, streak up front of leg black; pugnacious; f., sim.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach
Mig. v.r. swamps 12 47 Upper blackish-brown much marked and spotted buff; under, line past eye buff; arched bill 1.7in.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach
Stat. v.r. scrubs 4.5 Upper dark-brown; tail brownish-black tipped white; throat rufous; under brownish-gray; f., sim.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach
That’s because many of the problems people have had with V.R. headsets since the get-go — including their off-putting aesthetic and high price — remain for the PlayStation VR2 goggles.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
In 2023, the V.R. drumbeat will go on.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
To attend a virtual club in VRChat you only need a standard PC, but getting the most immersive experience requires a V.R. headset, and a moderately powerful computer.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
I felt out of place at my first V.R. party.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
I was still uncertain of their portent till he produced an oval plaque with the mark V.R. upon it.
From Deep Moat Grange by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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