Screen LibraryVirtual reality：simulating and enhancing the world with computers
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Facts On File,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2003. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | New ed. |
| Series: |
Science & technology in focus |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 226 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0816046867 |
| Index Number: | TP391 |
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TP391.9-49 TP11-49 |
| Call Number: | TP391.9-49/G733/new.ed. |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-214) and index. A quick tour of VR -- Creating practical computers -- Developing better interfaces -- Precursors to VR -- A new view of data -- A new course for indoor flight training -- Mimicking reality -- Reality simulators: supercomputers to PCs -- Graphics: polygons and perspectives -- Displays: looking and listening in VR -- Manipulators: gloves, wands and trackers -- The larger view: caves, walls and desks -- VR as a research tool -- VR as a training tool -- VR as a teaching tool -- VR as a design tool -- VR as a healing tool -- The world of VR business -- Drawbacks to VR -- Virtual philosophy -- VR' |