Alternate reality is usually a synonym for a Parallel universe.
It may also refer to:
- Alternative universe (fan fiction), fiction by fan authors that deliberately alters facts of the canonical universe they're writing about.
- Alternate Realities (Cherryh), an anthology of science fiction by C. J. Cherryh.
- Alternate Reality (video game series)
- Alternate reality game, a type of cross-media game.
- Alternate Reality, A psychedelic dance music DJ/VJ team based in London, England.
- Virtual reality, simulated reality.
- A euphemism for "psychedelic experience".
Famous quotes containing the words alternate and/or reality:
“Strange, that some of us, with quick alternate vision, see beyond our infatuations, and even while we rave on the heights, behold the wide plain where our persistent self pauses and awaits us.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)
“The reality is more excellent than the report.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)