Alternate reality
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Alternate reality is usually a synonym for a Parallel universe
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It may also refer to:
Parallel universe (fiction)
A parallel universe or alternative reality is a hypothetical self-contained separate reality coexisting with one's own. A specific group of parallel universes is called a "multiverse", although this term can also be used to describe the possible parallel universes that constitute reality...
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It may also refer to:
- Alternative universe (fan fiction)Alternative universe (fan fiction)An alternative universe , commonly abbreviated as AU, is a type or form of in which canonical facts of setting or characterization in the universe being explored or written about are deliberately changed.Stories that fall into this definition are usually what-ifs, where possibilities arising from...
, fiction by fan authors that deliberately alters facts of the canonical universe they're writing about. - Alternate Realities (Cherryh)Alternate Realities (Cherryh)Alternate Realities is an omnibus collection from 2000 of three short science fiction novels by science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh. The three books included in this anthology are: Wave Without a Shore , Port Eternity , and Voyager in Night...
, an anthology of science fiction by C. J. Cherryh. - Alternate Reality (video game series)
- Alternate reality gameAlternate reality gameAn alternate reality game is an interactive narrative that uses the real world as a platform, often involving multiple media and game elements, to tell a story that may be affected by participants' ideas or actions....
, a type of cross-media game. - Alternate Reality, a Psychedelic dance music DJ/VJ team based in London, England.
- Virtual realityVirtual realityVirtual reality , also known as virtuality, is a term that applies to computer-simulated environments that can simulate physical presence in places in the real world, as well as in imaginary worlds...
, simulated reality. - A euphemism for "psychedelic experiencePsychedelic experienceThe term "psychedelic experience" is vague – characterized by polyvalence or ambiguity due to its nature – however in modern psychopharmacological science as well as philosophical, psychological, neurological, spiritual-religious and most other ideological discourses it is understood as an altered...
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See also
- Multiverse (disambiguation)
- MetaverseMetaverseThe Metaverse is our collective online shared space, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space, including the sum of all virtual worlds, augmented reality, and the internet...
- Separate reality (disambiguation)