Understanding Virtual Reality

Interface, Application and Design

William R. Sherman, Alan B. Craig

580 pages, parution le 08/11/2002

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Résumé

Understanding Virtual Reality arrives at a time when the technologies behind virtual reality have advanced to the point that it is possible to develop and deploy meaningful, productive virtual reality applications. The aim of this thorough, accessible exploration is to help you take advantage of this moment, equipping you with the understanding needed to identify and prepare for ways VR can be used in your field, whatever your field may be.
By approaching VR as a communications medium, the authors have created a resource that will remain relevant even as the underlying technologies evolve. You get a history of VR, along with a good look at systems currently in use. However, the focus remains squarely on the application of VR and the many issues that arise in the application design and implementation, including hardware requirements, system integration, interaction techniques, and usability. This book also counters both exaggerated claims for VR and the view that would reduce it to entertainment, citing dozens of real-world examples from many different fields and presenting (in a series of appendices) four in-depth application case studies.

Features

Substantive, illuminating coverage designed for technical and business readers and well-suited to the classroom.
Examines VR's constituent technologies, drawn from visualization, representation, graphics, human-computer interaction, and other fields, and explains how they are being united in cohesive VR systems.
Via a companion Web site, provides additional case studies, tutorials, instructional materials, and a link to an open-source VR programming system.

Contents

Part I - What is Virtual Reality?

Chapter 1: Introduction to Virtual Reality - What it is and Where it Comes From
Chapter 2: VR the Medium

Part II - Virtual Reality Systems

Chapter 3: Interface to the Virtual World -- Input
Chapter 4: Interface to the Virtual World -- Output
Chapter 5: Rendering a Virtual World
Chapter 6: Interacting with a Virtual World
Chapter 7: Virtual Reality Experience
Chapter 8: Experience Design: Applying VR to a Problem
Chapter 9: What Dreams May Come: The Future of VR

Appendices

A: NICE educational application (EVL)
B: Crumbs visualization application (NCSA)
C: Aircraft wiring application (Boeing, Inc.)
D: Placeholder artistic application (Interval Research)

L'auteur - William R. Sherman

William Sherman leads the virtual reality effort at the National Center for Super- computing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

L'auteur - Alan B. Craig

Alan Craig currently does research and development in the Visualization and Virtual Environments group at the NCSA at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Morgan Kaufmann
Auteur(s)	William R. Sherman, Alan B. Craig
Parution	08/11/2002
Nb. de pages	580
Format	20,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1290g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781558603530
ISBN13	978-1-55860-353-0