VR may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and education

Virtual reality Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that employs pose tracking and 3D near-eye displays to give the user an immersive feel of a virtual world. Applications of virtual reality include entertainment (particularly video games), educ ...

, a computer technology that simulates an environment with which a user may interact as if it was actually there * ''

Virtua Racing ''Virtua Racing'', or ''V.R.'' for short, is a Formula One racing video game developed by Sega AM2 and released for arcades in 1992. ''Virtua Racing'' was initially a proof-of-concept application for exercising a new 3D graphics platform under ...

'', a 1992 arcade racing game by Sega * Vocational rehabilitation * Spectre VR, an enhanced version of ''

Spectre Spectre, specter or the spectre may refer to: Religion and spirituality * Vision (spirituality) * Apparitional experience * Ghost Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Spectre'' (1977 film), a made-for-television film produced and writ ...

'' * ''

VR.5 ''VR.5'' is an American science-fiction television series first broadcast on the Fox network from March 10 to May 12, 1995. Ten of its thirteen episodes were aired during its original run. The title of the show refers to the degree of immersion ...

'', an American science fiction television series in 1995 * '' VR Troopers'', an American action television show from 1994 to 1996

Businesses

VR (company) VR-Group Plc ( fi, VR-Yhtymä Oyj, sv, VR-Group Abp), commonly known as VR, is a government-owned railway company in Finland. VR's most important function is the operation of Finland's passenger rail services with 250 long-distance and 800 co ...

, a Finnish railway company, formerly known as Valtion rautatiet ''(State Railways)'' *

Valdosta Railway The Valdosta Railway is a shortline railroad in the U.S. state of Georgia, connecting Clyattville to CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway at Valdosta. The company began operations in 1992 as a subsidiary of the Rail Management a ...

, in the US state of Georgia *

Victorian Railways The Victorian Railways (VR), trading from 1974 as VicRail, was the state-owned operator of most rail transport in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1983. The first railways in Victoria were private companies, but when these companie ...

, in the Australian state of Victoria *

Viktor & Rolf Viktor & Rolf is a Dutch avant-garde luxury fashion house founded in 1993 by Viktor Horsting (born 1969, Geldrop) and Rolf Snoeren (born 1969, Dongen). For more than twenty years, Viktor & Rolf have sought to challenge preconceptions of fashion an ...

, an Amsterdam-based fashion house *

German Cooperative Financial Group The German Cooperative Financial Group, german: Genossenschaftliche FinanzGruppe Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken, sometimes referred to in English as "Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken Cooperative Financial Network", is a major cooperative banking network ...

(''Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken'') *

Cape Verde Airlines Cabo Verde Airlines is an international airline based in Cape Verde. It connects three continents with non-stop flights from their hub at Amílcar Cabral International Airport on Sal Island. History Cabo Verde Airlines was established in 1958. ...

(IATA airline code)

Government and military

Vetenskapsrådet The Swedish Research Council ( sv, Vetenskapsrådet) is a Government agency in Sweden established in 2001, with the responsibility to support and develop basic scientific research. Its objective is for Sweden to be a leading nation in scientif ...

, the Swedish Research Council * Volunteer Reserves (United Kingdom) *

Fleet Logistics Support This is a list of active United States Navy aircraft squadrons. ''Deactivated'' or ''disestablished'' squadrons are listed in the List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons. Navy aircraft squadrons are composed of several aircraft (fro ...

, a squadron of the US Navy

Science and technology

* VR (nerve agent), a nerve gas, also known as Russian VX, Soviet V-gas, Substance 33, or R-33 * Venous return, the rate of bloodflow returning to the heart *

Vibration Reduction Image stabilization (IS) is a family of techniques that reduce blurring associated with the motion of a camera or other imaging device during exposure. Generally, it compensates for pan and tilt (angular movement, equivalent to yaw and pit ...

, an anti-shake lens technology by Nikon * Virtual reality therapy, for the treatment of PTSD patients

Computing and electronics

VR photography VR photography (after virtual-reality photography) is the interactive viewing of panoramic photographs, generally encompassing a 360-degree circle or a spherical view. The results is known as VR photograph (or VR photo), 360-degree photo, photo ...

, 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 *

Videocassette recorder A videocassette recorder (VCR) or video recorder is an electromechanical device that records analog audio and analog video from broadcast television or other source on a removable, magnetic tape videocassette Videotape is magnetic tape ...

, 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 The DVD-VR standard defines a logical format for video recording on DVD-R, DVD-RW, and DVD-RAM style media, including the dual layer versions of these media. As opposed to media recorded with the DVD+VR recording standard, the resulting media are no ...

, an editable optical media format

Transportation

* V_R, an aircraft's rotation speed *

VR6 engine VR6 engines are V6 piston engines with a narrow angle between the cylinder banks and a single cylinder head covering both banks of cylinders. Volkswagen Group introduced the first VR6 engine in 1991 and VR6 engines currently remain in producti ...

, a family of internal combustion engines made by Volkswagen *

Holden Commodore (VR) The Holden Commodore (VR) is an executive car which was produced by Holden from 1993 to 1995. It was the third iteration of the second generation of the Holden Commodore. The VR range included the luxury variants, Holden Commodore Berlina (VR) ...

, an automobile introduced by Holden in 1993 * Bristol VR, a double-decker bus built by the Bristol Commercial Vehicles * VR Group, a Finnish railway company

Other uses

* Vanguardia Revolucionaria, a Peruvian political group * 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 * VR, for ''Victoria Regina'', in the royal cypher of Queen Victoria