80 Virtual Reality Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What resolution did the consumer Oculus Rift display for each eye?
Answer
1080 × 1200 pixels
Which VR game, released by Valve in 2020, is set before the events of Half-Life 2?
Answer
Half-Life: Alyx
How much money did the Oculus Rift Kickstarter campaign raise in 2012?
Answer
$2,437,429
Which headset did Meta release in 2022 as a higher-end successor to the Quest 2?
Answer
Meta Quest Pro
What was the name of the first widely distributed virtual-reality arcade system made by Virtuality?
Answer
Virtuality 1000CS
Which company developed the VR puzzle game I Expect You To Die?
Answer
Schell Games
What was the name of Ivan Sutherland’s 1968 head-mounted display, often called the first VR system?
Answer
The Sword of Damocles
What does CAVE stand for in the virtual-reality system introduced at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1992?
Answer
Cave Automatic Virtual Environment
Which game won the Best VR Game award at The Game Awards in 2016?
Answer
Rez Infinite
How many degrees of freedom does a VR system have when it tracks both position and rotation?
Answer
Six degrees of freedom
What resolution did the original PlayStation VR display for each eye?
Answer
960 × 1080 pixels
On what date did the original HTC Vive become available to consumers?
Answer
April 5, 2016
Which 1992 film helped popularize virtual reality in mainstream culture?
Answer
The Lawnmower Man
Who is widely credited with coining the term “virtual reality” in the 1980s?
Answer
Jaron Lanier
What is the name of the conflict between where the eyes focus and where they converge in VR?
Answer
Vergence-accommodation conflict
On what date did the Meta Quest 3 become available to consumers?
Answer
October 10, 2023
What was the name of NASA’s 1980s virtual-reality system for interacting with computer-generated environments?
Answer
Virtual Interface Environment Workstation
Which company acquired the VR game studio Ready at Dawn in 2020?
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Which company created the virtual-reality social platform AltspaceVR?
Answer
AltspaceVR
What is the term for virtual-reality movement that tracks a user's position and rotation along three axes?
Answer
Six degrees of freedom
Which company developed Google Earth VR?
Answer
Which VR motion controller, released in 2016, was included with the HTC Vive?
Answer
Vive controller
Which 1995 VR system from Virtuality was marketed as a networked multiplayer arcade experience?
Answer
Virtuality 2000 Series