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Virtual Reality: Scientific and Technological Challenges Hardcover - 1994

by National Research Council; Computer Science and Telecommunications; Committee on Virtual Reality Research an

This book is the first integrated treatment of virtual reality and presents current knowledge along with vignettes about a future where synthetic environments are commonplace. Describes potential applications of synthetic environments in the areas of manufacturing, medicine, education, training, scientific visualization, and teleoperation in hazardous environments.


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Despite widespread interest in virtual reality, research and development efforts in synthetic environments (SE)?the field encompassing virtual environments, teleoperation, and hybrids?have remained fragmented.

Virtual Reality is the first integrated treatment of the topic, presenting current knowledge along with thought-provoking vignettes about a future where SE is commonplace.

This volume discusses all aspects of creating a system that will allow human operators to see, hear, smell, taste, move about, give commands, respond to conditions, and manipulate objects effectively in a real or virtual environment. The committee of computer scientists, engineers, and psychologists on the leading edge of SE development explores the potential applications of SE in the areas of manufacturing, medicine, education, training, scientific visualization, and teleoperation in hazardous environments.

The committee also offers recommendations for development of improved SE technology, needed studies of human behavior and evaluation of SE systems, and government policy and infrastructure.

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Despite widespread popular and professional interest in virtual reality, research and development efforts in synthetic environments (SE) - the field encompassing virtual environments, augmented reality, and teleoperation - have remained fragmented. Virtual Reality is the first serious, integrated treatment of the topic, presenting current knowledge from several disciplines along with thought-provoking vignettes about a future in which SE is commonplace. This volume discusses all aspects of creating a system that will allow human operators to see, hear, smell, taste, move about, give commands, respond to conditions, and manipulate objects effectively in a virtual environment. The committee of computer scientists, engineers, and psychologists on the leading edge of SE development explores the potential applications of SE in the areas of manufacturing, medicine, education, training, scientific visualization, and teleoperation in hazardous environments. The committee also charts directions for development of improved SE technology, needed studies of human behavior and evaluation of SE systems, and government policy and infrastructure.

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  • Title Virtual Reality: Scientific and Technological Challenges
  • Author National Research Council; Computer Science and Telecommunications; Committee on Virtual Reality Research an
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First
  • Pages 556
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
  • Date December 13, 1994
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780309051354 / 0309051355
  • Weight 2.28 lbs (1.03 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.27 x 6.22 x 1.68 in (23.55 x 15.80 x 4.27 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Virtual reality, Human-computer interaction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 94037695
  • Dewey Decimal Code 006
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