Doom prompted fears that the then-emerging virtual reality technology could be used to simulate extremely realistic killing, and in 1994 led to unsuccessful attempts by Washington state senator Phil Talmadge to introduce compulsory licensing of VR use.

Mark Pesce, who worked on the Sega VR project, says SRI International, a research institute, warned Sega of the ' hazards of prolonged use '.

Sega went on to other VR projects for use in arcades and a similar add-on was reported but never seen for the Sega Saturn.

The earliest use cited by the Oxford English Dictionary is in a 1987 article titled " Virtual reality ", but the article is not about VR technology.

The first use of a VR presentation in a heritage application was in 1994, when a museum visitor interpretation provided an interactive " walk-through " of a 3D reconstruction of Dudley Castle in England as it was in 1550.

Other popular fictional works that use the concept of virtual reality include William Gibson's Neuromancer which defined the concept of cyberspace, Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, in which he made extensive reference to the term avatar to describe one's representation in a virtual world, and Rudy Rucker's The Hacker and the Ants, in which programmer Jerzy Rugby uses VR for robot design and testing.

The Saban show VR Troopers also made use of the concept.

* One year later in 1983, the Natalie Wood / Christopher Walken film Brainstorm revolved around the production, use, and misuse of a VR device.

Known as Knightmare VR, this would use avatar technology to place the dungeoneer in a full 3D computer generated world.

Hybrid stepper motors are named because they use a combination of PM and VR techniques to achieve maximum power in a small package size.

VR operated steam locomotives until 1975 ; the regular use of steam traction for scheduled passenger services ended in 1970 but occasional use continued until 1975.

The current VR locomotive classification system was taken into use on 1 January 1976.

Karelian Trains, a 50-50 joint venture between Finnish VR and Russian Railways, operates four 1522 mm gauge seven-car Pendolinos for use on 220 km / h Saint Petersburg – Helsinki services.

Related explorations go on in virtual realities ( VR ) which make extensive use of patchwork heuristics to crudely simulate immersive and convincing physical environments, albeit at a maximum speed of seventeen times slower than " real " time, limited by the optical crystal computing technology used at the time of the story.

All future updates ( T3 ( VR ), T4 ( VS ) and T5 ( VS II ) Lexcens ) made use of the new naming system until 1997, when the badge engineering scheme ceased.

While the Penny Black and the Two Pence Blue were for use by the general public, as were the Mulready envelopes and letter sheets, the VR official was for use on official mail.

Saban had allegedly planned to use him after the end of VR Troopers in another role.

Other additional game modes includes a VR Training mode, where the player can test their sneaking and shooting skills in over 180 missions ( some of them based on missions featured in Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions ), and a 2-player Vs. Battle mode accessible via the use of a Game Link Cable and another Game Boy Color with a copy of the game.

VR box in Guernsey is the oldest in use box in the British Isles

* ALA Library Factsheet 19-provides an extensive bibliography of resources recommended for information professional use in implementing VR services

The Romantic period focused on the ability of individual genius to transcend time and place, and use the materials from their heritage to fashion works which were beyond determination.

By the end of the 20th century, almost the only steam power still in regular use in North America and Western European countries was on heritage railways largely aimed at tourists and / or railroad hobbyists, known as ' railfans ' or ' railway enthusiasts ', although some narrow gauge lines in Germany which form part of the public transport system, running to all-year-round timetables retain steam for all or part of their motive power.

In common use are such terms as Lusophone, meaning Portuguese-speaking, and Lusitanic, referring to the Community of Portuguese Language Countries — once Portugal's colonies and presently independent countries still sharing some common heritage.

Artisanal fishers use traditional, low-tech methods, for survival in third-world countries, and as a cultural heritage in other countries.

The use of the story of this incident is paradigmatic of how archaic mythologems common to Indoeuropean heritage were reused over time grafted onto history.

The Yangon Heritage Trust, an NGO started by Thant Myint-U, aims to create heritage areas in Downtown, and attract investors to renovate buildings for commercial use.

Whereas standard French uses the verbs " monter " and " descendre " to get in and out of an automobile, Québécois tend to use " embarquer " and " débarquer ", relics from their navigational heritage.

Their descendants in many families continued to use French first names and surnames for their children well into the nineteenth century, as they tried to keep some connection to their heritage.

The aim of this publication is to develop mechanisms that can balance the conflicting demands on the global peatland heritage, to ensure its wise use to meet the needs of humankind.

Huts at Left Hand and Middle Yards are managed for their cultural heritage value, but are available for use while on the National Trail.

The state and University of Illinois are trying to develop coordinated projects with East St. Louis and businesses to use the mounds and artifacts as attractions for heritage tourism.

They intend to use it as a basis for education and heritage tourism, as well as an appreciation for the diverse history and peoples of the area.

Typically a heritage railway will use steam locomotives and original rolling stock to create a supposed " period atmosphere ", although some are now concentrating on more recent " modern image " diesel and electric traction supposedly to re-create the post-steam railway era.

Asserting that " Language diversity is essential to the human heritage ," UNESCO's Ad Hoc Expert Group on Endangered Languages offers this definition of an endangered language: "... when its speakers cease to use it, use it in an increasingly reduced number of communicative domains, and cease to pass it on from one generation to the next.

The Albula Line became a UNESCO world heritage as did the Bernina Railway, the highest and only railway to cross the alps without the use of a tunnel at the pass.

Due to its black powder heritage, the. 38 Special is a low pressure cartridge, one of the lowest in common use today at 17, 000 PSI.

Olympia & York wanted to clad One Canada Square in stone, just like the World Financial Center buildings, but the architects first wanted to use aluminium for its low density, before insisting on steel to reflect Britain's heritage as

" Meritage ", — a combination of merit and heritage, was selected and its coiner awarded two bottles of the first ten vintages of every wine licensed to use the brand.

In view of French claims raised to Maximilian's Burgundian heritage, the 1512 Diet initiated the official use of the name Holy Roman Empire of ( the ) German Nation () in its Final Act.

An article in Scientific American criticized the use of an arrow because arrows are an artifact of hunter-gatherer societies like those on Earth ; finders with a different cultural heritage may find the arrow symbol meaningless.

The phrase remains in common use, both colloquially and in the media, in reference to recent immigration and assimilation in Ireland, and to some degree about some of the Irish diaspora ( for example in The Irish Times ,) or in conversation discussing the relationship between the cultural heritage of the Irish diaspora and the Irish in Ireland.