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:
“In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.”
—Henry James (1843–1816)
“The reality of the individual ... is an incoherent reality and must be expressed incoherently.”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)