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VR often refers to virtual reality, a computer technology that simulates an environment with which a user may interact
VR may also refer to:
In arts and entertainment
Music
- Velvet Revolver, a rock band
- Vengeance Rising, a Christian thrash metal band
Gaming
- Virtua Racing, an arcade racing game by Sega
- Spectre VR, an enhanced version of Spectre (computer game)
Television
- VR.5, an American science fiction television series in 1995
- VR Troopers, an American action television show from 1994 to 1996
Businesses
- VR Group, a Finnish railway company, formerly known as Valtion rautatiet (State Railways)
- Valdosta Railway, in the US state of Georgia
- Victorian Railways, in the Australian state of Victoria
- Viktor & Rolf, an Amsterdam-based fashion house
- Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken, a brand of co-operative banks in Germany
- Cape Verde Airlines (IATA airline code)
Government and military
- Vetenskapsrådet, the Swedish Research Council
- Victoria Regina, royal cypher of Queen Victoria of the UK (1819–1901)
- Vital records, records of life events kept by a government, including birth certificates, marriage licenses, and death certificates
- Volunteer Reserves (United Kingdom)
- Fleet Logistics Support squadron of the US Navy
In science and technology
In computing and electronics
- Virtual reality, a computer technology that simulates an environment with which a user may interact
- VR photography, the creation and viewing of wide-angle panoramic photographs, generally encompassing a full circle
- QuickTime VR, an image file format developed by Apple for panoramic images
- VR photography, the creation and viewing of wide-angle panoramic photographs, generally encompassing a full circle
- Videocassette recorder, a device that records and plays back analog audio and video using magnetic tape
- Voltage regulator, an electric circuit designed to maintain a constant voltage level
- DVD-VR, an editable optical media format
In transportation
- VR, an aircraft's rotation speed
- VR6 engine, a family of internal combustion engines made by Volkswagen
- Holden VR Commodore, an automobile introduced by Holden in 1993
- Bristol VR, a double-decker bus built by the Bristol Commercial Vehicles
Other uses in science and technology
- VR (nerve agent), a nerve gas, also known as Russian VX, Soviet V-gas, Substance 33, or R-33
- Velocity ratio, the ratio of input to output speeds in a mechanical system
- Venous return, the rate of bloodflow returning to the heart
- Vibration Reduction, an anti-shake lens technology by Nikon
- Virtual reality therapy, for the treatment of PTSD patients
Other uses
- Vanguardia Revolucionaria, a Peruvian political group
- Vatican Radio, the official broadcasting service of the Vatican
- Voluntary redundancy, a financial incentive offered by an organisation to encourage employees to voluntarily resign
- University of Iceland VR, three buildings on the University of Iceland campus
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