Virtual Reality (VR) is a complete immersion experience that shuts out the physical world though the use of computer technology to create a simulated environment. VR places the user inside an experience where they are immersed by wearing a headset that tracks motion and makes it possible to interact with 3D worlds.
Users can be transported into a number of real-world and imagined environments such as sitting in a simulated job environment or the front seat of a Six Flags rollercoaster, or underwater surrounded by great white sharks.
The use of the term “virtual reality,” was first used in the mid-1980s. Jaron Lanier, founder of VPL Research began to develop the gear, including goggles and gloves, needed to experience what he called “virtual reality.” Even before that, technologists were developing simulated environments. Consumer virtual reality headsets were first released by video game companies in the early-mid 1990s.
