A computer-generated environment experienced through a headset that tracks the viewer's head, so the world surrounds them. Ivan Sutherland built the first computer-driven head-mounted display in 1968; Jaron Lanier popularized the term in the 1980s.
In a way, virtual reality is both my subject and my medium, even though it's not necessarily with actual glasses and immersion.
Lawrence Lek, Lawrence Lek on AI Reinventing Place
Whenever I teach a class on virtual reality or the history of art and technology, I start with Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams, the Chauvet caves, because they were doing projection mapping.
Memo Akten, Memo Akten on Rituals as Algorithms