Virtuality (disambiguation)
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Virtuality may refer to:
- 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...
: an artificial environment, or the technology creating or accessing same, which is experienced through sensory stimuli provided by a computer and in which a user partially determines outcomes. - Augmented VirtualityAugmented virtualityAugmented virtuality refers to the merging of real world objects into virtual worlds.As an intermediate case in the Virtuality Continuum, it refers to predominantly virtual spaces, where physical elements, e.g. physical objects or people, are dynamically integrated into, and can interact with the...
, a development in computer graphics where representations of real-world objects are integrated into virtual worlds. - Real VirtualityReal Virtuality (engine)Real Virtuality is a computer game engine developed by Bohemia Interactive Studio , originally called Poseidon. It is used in the video game Operation Flashpoint and its expansions, as well as Arma, Arma 2 and Arma 3...
, a game engine used by Bohemia InteractiveBohemia Interactive StudioBohemia Interactive , also referred to as Bohemia Interactive Studio , is an independent computer and console game developer based in Prague, Czech Republic...
. - Virtuality ContinuumVirtuality Continuumthumb|right|400px|Reality-Virtuality Continuum.The Virtuality Continuum is a phrase used to describe a concept that there is a continuous scale ranging between the completely virtual, a Virtuality, and the completely real: Reality. The reality-virtuality continuum therefore encompasses all possible...
, a concept in computer science. - Virtuality (gaming)Virtuality (gaming)Virtuality is a line of virtual reality gaming machines produced by Virtuality Group, and found in video arcades in the late 1990s. The machines deliver real time gaming via a stereoscopic visor, joysticks, and networked units for multi-player gaming.Initially introduced in 1991, the systems were...
, a family of virtual reality arcade machines. - Virtuality (software design)Virtuality (software design)Virtuality is a term used by Ted Nelson for what he considers the central issues of software design. "Virtuality" refers to the seeming of anything, as opposed to its reality. . Everything has a reality and a virtuality. Nelson divides virtuality into two parts: conceptual structure and feel...
, a concept of software design proposed by Ted Nelson. - Virtuality (song), a song by Rush.
- Virtuality (TV series)Virtuality (TV series)Virtuality is a television pilot co-written by Ronald D. Moore and Michael Taylor and directed by Peter Berg that aired on the Fox network. Since the show was never picked up as a television series, the two-hour pilot episode aired as a movie on June 26, 2009.- Plot :The story is set aboard the...
, a TV show by Ronald D. MooreRonald D. MooreRonald Dowl Moore is an American screenwriter and television producer best known for his work on Star Trek and the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica miniseries and television series, for which he won a Peabody Award for creative excellence in 2005 and an Emmy Award in 2008.-Early life and...
- See also VirtuosityVirtuosityVirtuosity is a 1995 techno-thriller film directed by Brett Leonard. The movie tells the story of a virtual villain's successful attempt to escape into the "real world". SID 6.7, the villain program portrayed by Russell Crowe, is eventually transplanted into an android body and escapes...
, the 1995 film starring Denzel WashingtonDenzel WashingtonDenzel Hayes Washington Jr. is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and film producer. He first rose to prominence when he joined the cast of the medical drama, St. Elsewhere, playing Dr...
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