Simulation
Simulation noun - The act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training).
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Synonyms for Simulation
Virtual reality and simulation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Virtual reality" instead a noun "Simulation".
Virtual reality
Virtual reality noun - A hypothetical three-dimensional visual world created by a computer; user wears special goggles and fiber optic gloves etc., and can enter and move about in this world and interact with objects as if inside it.
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Synonyms for Virtual reality
Simulation and virtual reality are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Simulation" instead a noun phrase "Virtual reality".
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Related pairs
- model and simulation
- model and virtual reality
- make-believe and simulation
- make-believe and virtual reality
- sham and simulation
- sham and virtual reality
- deception and simulation
- deception and virtual reality
- image and simulation
- image and virtual reality
- match and simulation
- match and virtual reality
- reflection and simulation
- reflection and virtual reality
Both terms in one sentence
- It's revealed that the world of Amatsuki is in fact a computer simulation of the past instead of the real thing, and that Toki and Kon are still somewhere in our world experiencing virtual reality.
Source: Inside a Computer System -
Someone creates an artificial world, be it a computer simulation, virtual reality, pocket universe or a miniature planet.
Source: Recursive Reality - In Die Another Day, MI6 headquarters appear to be under attack until it is revealed that James Bond is in a virtual reality training simulation.
Source: Proscenium Reveal
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