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

Virtual reality on a WIM: interactive worlds in miniature
Defining virtual reality: dimensions determining telepresence
Virtual assembly using virtual reality techniques
From Visual Simulation to Virtual Reality to Games
Computers and Virtual Reality for Surgical Education in the 21st Century
Merging virtual reality with the real world: seeing ultrasound imagery within the patient
Zyda, M.: From Visual Simulation to Virtual Reality to Games. Computer 38(9), 25-32
Surround-screen projection-based virtual reality: the design and implementation of the CAVE
A national research agenda for virtual reality (panel): report by the National Research Council Committee on VR R&D
Systematic review of randomized controlled trials on the effectiveness of virtual reality training for laparoscopic surgery.