Essential Virtual Reality fast tells you what is and isn VR! John Vince provides a potted history of Virtual Reality and explains in easy-to-understand terms what computer graphics are and how they are integral to VR systems. You'll see how important it is to understand the part human factors have to play in creating a good VR system (sound, sight, touch and balance) and take a look at a working VR system. You'll get the answers to questions like: - What hardware and software is used? - How does multi-user VR work? - Can you network VR? - What are the applications? - What is the future for VR? And you'll have a far better understanding of the impact these exciting techniques will have on our everyday lives.

Virtual Reality is about using computers to create images of 3D scenes that can be navigated and manipulated Written in the fast, pacy style of the other Essential titles, this book gets the reader up and running using Virtual Reality fast Includes 8 page colour section

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Professor John Vince began working in computer graphics at Middlesex Polytechnic in 1968. His research activities centered on computer animation software and resulted in the PICASO and PRISM animation systems. Whilst at Middlesex, he designed the UK's first MSc course in Computer Graphics and developed a popular program of short courses in computer animation for television designers. In 1986 he joined Rediffusion Simulation as a Research Consultant and worked on the development of real-time computer systems for commercial flight simulators. In 1992 he was appointed Chief Scientist of Thomson Training Simulation Ltd. In 1995 he was appointed Professor of Digital Media at the National Centre for Computer Animation at Bournemouth University and in 1999 he was made Head of Academic Group for Computer Animation. He was awarded a DSc by Brunel University in recognition of his work in computer graphics. He has written and edited over 45 books on computer graphics, computer animation, computer science and virtual reality, including the following Springer titles: Calculus for Computer Graphics, 2nd edition (2019) Mathematics for Computer Graphics, 5th edition (2017) Imaginary Mathematics for Computer Science, (2018) Foundation Mathematics for Computer Science, 2nd edition (2015) Matrix Transforms for Computer Games and Animation (2012) Expanding the Frontiers of Visual Analytics and Visualization (2012) Quaternions for Computer Graphics (2011) Rotation Transforms for Computer Graphics (2011) Geometric Algebra: An Algebraic System for Computer Animation and Games (2009) Geometric Algebra for Computer Graphics (2008)

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Essential Virtual Reality fast tells you what is and isn VR! John Vince provides a potted history of Virtual Reality and explains in easy-to-understand terms what computer graphics are and how they are integral to VR systems. You'll see how important it is to understand the part human factors have to play in creating a good VR system (sound, sight, touch and balance) and take a look at a working VR system. You'll get the answers to questions like: - What hardware and software is used? - How does multi-user VR work? - Can you network VR? - What are the applications? - What is the future for VR? And you'll have a far better understanding of the impact these exciting techniques will have on our everyday lives.

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1 What is Virtual Reality?.- What Is Virtual Reality?.- Who Should Read This Book?.- The Aims and Objectives of This Book.- Assumptions Made In This Book.- How to Use The Book.- Some VR Concepts and Terms.- Navigation and Interaction.- Immersion and Presence.- What Is Not VR?.- The Internet.- Summary.- 2 The Benefits of Virtual Reality.- 3D Visualization.- Navigation.- Interaction.- Physical Simulation.- Virtual Environments.- Applications.- Summary.- 3 3D Computer Graphics.- From Computer Graphics To Virtual Reality.- Modeling Objects.- Dynamic Objects.- Constraints.- Collision Detection.- Perspective Views.- 3D Clipping.- Stereoscopic Vision.- Rendering The Image.- Color.- Colored Objects.- Light Sources.- Rendering Algorithms.- Texture Mapping.- Bump Mapping.- Environment Mapping.- Shadows.- Radiosity.- Fog.- Transparency.- Other Computer Graphics Techniques.- Summary.- 4 Human Factors.- Vision.- Vision and Display Technology.- Hearing.- Tactile.- Equilibrium.- Summary.- 5 VR Hardware.- Computers.- Tracking.- Input Devices.- Output Devices.- Glasses.- Displays.- Audio.- Summary.- 6 VR Software.- VR Software Features.- Web Based VR.- Superscape's VRT.- The Visualization System.- VRT Summary.- Division's dVise.- A Virtual Product.- dVise Summary.- Multigen.- Summary.- 7 Vr Applications.- Industrial.- Training Simulators.- Entertainment.- Human Movement Analysis.- WWW Applications.- 8 Conclusion.- The Past.- Today.- Conclusion.- Appendix A VRML Web Sites.- Appendix B HMDs.- Appendix C Trackers.- Appendix D VRML Program.- Appendix E Web Sites for VR Products.- References.