Virtual reality technology is rapidly developing and growing every day. Virtual reality technology is a software-made simulation of real life and situations. Virtual reality enables for the user to create and simulate an environment and creates an artificial environment that the user accepts as a real environment. This type of technology can trick the human brain into thinking it's somewhere it's not. Virtual reality technology provides a wide application for gaining experience without contact from the real world and facilitates the realization of training of a specialized person and solving various tasks. It is used in many fields from education to the military. There are different hardware (devices) and software (application programs) in order to realize virtual reality, where for the development of virtual reality applications it depends on VR equipment that is specially adapted depending on its field. The aim and purpose of the final paper was to present the meaning of virtual reality, to show with specific examples in which areas and on which aspects virtual reality technology can be used, and to clarify the advantages and disadvantages of using virtual reality technology.