virtual object
nounUK /ˈvɜːtʃuəl ˈɒbdʒɪkt/
US /ˈvɜːrtʃuəl ˈɑːbdʒekt/
A virtual object is a thing you can see and use on a computer or in a game, but it is not real.
In the game, the player picked up a virtual object that looked like a golden key.
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2. In computer programming, a virtual object is a software item created in code that acts like a real thing inside the program.
The programmer created a virtual object to store the player's score.
3. In philosophy, a virtual object is something that exists in possibility or in a computer world rather than in the physical world.
Philosophers debated whether a virtual object can truly exist.
4. In virtual reality, a virtual object is a 3D item you can look at or touch with special gloves and headsets.
She reached out and moved the virtual object with her VR glove.