Korean slang profile
VR
VR
An abbreviation for virtual reality, technology allowing computer-generated spaces or situations to be experienced as if real.
An abbreviation for virtual reality, technology allowing computer-generated spaces or situations to be experienced as if real.
- Expanded form
- Virtual RealityVirtual Reality
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Sep 26, 2023
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
VR 기기를 쓰고 가상 전시장을 둘러봤다.
I put on a VR device and toured a virtual exhibition hall.
02Documented history
03Origin & word formation
The Telecommunications Technology Association’s terminology dictionary gives VR alongside ‘Virtual Reality’ and ‘가상 현실’. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and usage were compared directly with the evidence. Who first coined it and when it was first used could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 확장현실(XR) 산업 관련 업계 한자리에 모였다 (산업통상자원부)Published Sep 26, 2023Original source checked Nov 13, 2026
- 가상 현실 (한국정보통신기술협회 용어사전)Original source checked Nov 13, 2026