Virtual Reality: Applications and Explorations - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0127450459 ISBN 13 : 9780127450452

Editeur : Academic Press Inc, 1993

Synopsis

"Virtual Reality: Applications and Explorations" collects original essays that examine a broad range of practical applications of virtual reality, from entertainment and architectural design to teleconferencing and computer-supported co-operative work. Researchers at the forefront of work in this area explain the capabilities of some present systems and outline the even more compelling possibilities they envision. The book includes original essays, including contributions by some of the leading researchers in the field.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Virtual Reality: Applications and Explorations provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of virtual reality and artificial reality. This book discusses the potential applications of virtual reality. Organized into three parts encompassing 10 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the traditional computer science activities ad discusses how hard problems in computer science can be addressed with virtual reality ideas and technology. This text then explores some applications of virtual reality technology that could potentially touch almost every purposeful activity that humans undertake in a technological civilization. Other chapters consider the use of virtual reality to manage and present to users information that cannot otherwise be comprehended. This book discusses as well the use of artificial worlds in both computer art and virtual reality. The final chapter deals with how the ideas of virtual reality and artificial reality can be of use to anyone who has to manage a business or organization. This book is a valuable resource for computer scientists.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Academic Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0127450459
• ISBN 13: 9780127450452
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Éditeur: Wexelblat Alan
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible