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Virtual Reality

"Virtual Reality" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Using computer technology to create and maintain an environment and project a user's physical presence in that environment allowing the user to interact with it.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Virtual Reality" by people in this website by year, and whether "Virtual Reality" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 16 publications over 6 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2020
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