What is "virtual desktop"

n. (context computing GUI English) A desktop (visual workspace) offering more space than the physical screen would usually allow, controlled either by scrolling or by switching between screenfuls.

Virtual Desktop is a computer application that displays the user's computer monitor in a three-dimension virtual space, for use with a virtual reality headset. At the time of its release, CNET and Polygon wrote that the software was essential for virtual reality headset owners.