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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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
Americans using VR entertainment in 20 years will probably do so in futuristic recliners similar to those depicted in Pixar’s “WALL-E.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 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 shores, swamps 7.5 Crown, back gray; white band on wing; sides, lower-back white; eyebrow, forehead, face, under white; no hind toe; brighter in far north; f., sim.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach
T., N.S.W. v.r. water 17 Dark-brown freckled whitish, under lighter.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach
Stat. v.r. deep forest, gullies 5.2 Head, neck, back sooty-black; white spot on forehead; breast, abdomen rose-pink; under base tail white; f., upper brown; buff marks on wing; under gray; under base tail white.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach
T., Bass St. Is. v.r. u. sandy, swampy 13 Green uniformly barred black yellow; forehead scarlet; tail long; never perches; f., sim.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach
Melancholy bellowing note. v.r. dense scrubs 9.5 Rich brown; head, short tail darker; wings much green; shoulder white; f., less brilliant.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach
In its current state, V.R. is still a mostly solitary experience.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
Why use V.R. for making video calls, streaming movies or playing games when the existing methods already work well?
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
But along with the headset, the product takes up precious space in a living room — and unlike a laptop or smartphone, V.R. goggles instantly make a tidy room look cluttered.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
To be clear, the PlayStation VR2, priced at $550, is one of the best pieces of V.R. hardware you can buy.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
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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