VR
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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
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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
It discontinued VR headsets geared toward companies earlier this year as its priorities shifted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 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
Probably, it was when I noticed the guy standing next to me at VR sharpshooters.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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S. Oceans. v.r. ocean 15 Dark brown; about bill, throat gray; wing-quills, tail black; bill, feet black; f., sim.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach
Stat. v.r. timber 7.2 Dark-gray; black before eye; throat dull rust-red; under gray; f., no black on face; throat gray.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach
Stat. v.r. timber 16 Green; forehead, cheeks, throat rich gamboge-yellow; crescent of scarlet next to yellow on chest; bill yellow; sometimes red on thigh; f., green tinged dull rose on chest; thigh red.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach
Stat. v.r. scrub 19 Black, white tip tail, under base tail; f., smaller.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach
Stat. v.r. dense scrubby gullies 6.7 Rich dark-brown; throat rufous mottled dusky; f., sim.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach
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
In its current state, V.R. is still a mostly solitary experience.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
Otherwise, a majority of V.R. games accompanying the device’s launch that I tested were relatively old and uninteresting.
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
My loco. had jolted its way over the rough section, carrying away an obstruction labelled V.R., and had reached the next points.
From Such Is Life by Joseph Furphy
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