Virtual Reality

http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/dixa/teaching/VAV/VR.html

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What is VR?

emulating the real world

making an electronic world seem real

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three dimensional?

often

paper puppet theatre effect

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interactive

not static 3D images

not movies

moving within the world

manipulating objects in the world

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in or out?

flight simulator

** in **

desktop metaphor - folders, trash

** out **

point and click adventure games

** ? **

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two kinds of VR

desktop VR

ordinary screen

mouse or keyboard control

polemous mouse

immersive VR

helmet/goggles

data glove

body suit

trampoline!

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applications

simulate dangerous/expensive situations

command and control

virtual tourism

practicing medcial procedures

treatment of phobia

see hidden real world features

virtual wind tunnel

visualise complex information

fun