Developing Virtual Reality Applications: Foundations of Effective Design

Acknowledgments......Page 0
What is virtual reality?......Page 17
Electronic Visualization Lab at the University of Illinois at Chicago......Page 22
Collaboration......Page 24
Computer/graphics engine......Page 26
Visual displays......Page 28
Aural displays......Page 31
Haptic displays......Page 32
Other sensory displays......Page 33
Input devices and user tracking......Page 34
Laws of nature—simulation code......Page 39
Ancillary software......Page 41
Representation......Page 42
User interaction......Page 43
Interaction Techniques......Page 44
Navigation......Page 46
Conclusion......Page 48
Ivan Sutherland’s vision for computer-based virtual reality......Page 20
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill......Page 21
Applying Virtual Reality......Page 49
Form and genre......Page 50
What makes an application a good candidate for VR......Page 51
Virtual prototyping......Page 52
Visualization......Page 53
Other application genres......Page 54
Demonstrated benefits of virtual reality......Page 55
Developing virtual reality applications with game engines......Page 59
Low-cost input devices......Page 61
Cluster-based compute engines and high-performance graphics acceleration......Page 62
Passive stereo displays......Page 63
Wireless interaction and optical tracking......Page 65
More senses......Page 67
Tiled displays......Page 68
Tele-immersion......Page 69
A framework for VR application development......Page 70
About the applications in this book......Page 73
Business and Manufacturing......Page 76
Business education......Page 77
Other and future usage of VR in business and manufacturing......Page 78
Executive Summary......Page 80
Representation of the Virtual World......Page 81
Application Implementation......Page 82
Conclusion......Page 83
Related Applications and Follow-on Work......Page 84
Introduction......Page 86
Application Description......Page 88
Representation of the Virtual World......Page 89
Interaction with the Virtual World......Page 93
Application Implementation......Page 96
Conclusion......Page 98
Introduction......Page 99
Application Description......Page 100
Representation of the Virtual World......Page 101
Interaction with the Virtual World......Page 102
VR System......Page 104
Conclusion......Page 106
Executive Summary......Page 108
Application Description......Page 109
VR System......Page 111
Conclusion......Page 112
Introduction......Page 113
Representation of the Virtual World......Page 114
Interaction with the Virtual World......Page 115
Venue......Page 119
Application Implementation......Page 120
Conclusion......Page 121
Areas of application......Page 123
Physical system simulation and interaction......Page 124
Areas of application in science......Page 125
Case Study 4.1: Virtual Windtunnel......Page 126
Case Study 4.2: Army Corps of Engineers......Page 133
Case Study 4.3: NASA Telepresence......Page 141
Case Study 4.4: Grip
......Page 152
Medical Applications......Page 158
Case Study 5.1: BDI Surgical Simulator......Page 159
Case Study 5.2: Celiac Plexus Block Simulator......Page 167
Case Study 5.3: Autism Therapy......Page 170
Case Study 5.4: Ultrasound Diagnosis Using Augmented Reality......Page 178
Case Study 5.5: Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy......Page 191
Education Applications......Page 201
Other and future uses......Page 203
Case Study 6.1: Project ScienceSpace......Page 204
Case Study 6.2: Maxwellvu
......Page 214
Case Study 6.3: Virtual Pompeii......Page 219
Case Study 6.4: Virtual Reality Gorilla Exhibit......Page 226
Case Study 6.6: Fortress of Buhen......Page 239
Case Study 6.7: Virtual Mobility Trainer......Page 246
Public Safety and Military Applications......Page 250
Equipment operation training......Page 251
Case Study 7.1: Officer of the Deck......Page 252
Case Study 7.2: Shadwell VR Experience......Page 261
Case Study 7.3: Sandia’s Vraptor
......Page 265
Case Study 7.4: Integrated EVA/RMS Virtual Reality Simulation......Page 268
Case Study 7.5: Infantry Training (NPS/ARL)......Page 277
Art......Page 284
Design and sketching
......Page 285
Exploration of the medium......Page 286
Other and future usage of VR in art......Page 287
Case Study 8.1: Osmose......Page 289
Case Study 8.2: Detour: Brain Deconstruction Ahead......Page 294
Case Study 8.3: The VR Cave of Lascaux Experience......Page 301
Areas of application......Page 310
Interactive fiction......Page 311
Entertainment production......Page 312
Case Study 9.1: Disney’s Aladdin Adventure......Page 313
Case Study 9.2: Virtuality Game Systems......Page 330
Case Study 9.3: Virtual Director......Page 342
Introduction......Page 357
The database fields......Page 358
Finding applications with specific characteristics......Page 360
Showing all the characteristics of a specific application......Page 361
Application taxonomies......Page 364
Bibliography......Page 366
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