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› Introduction
› Types
› Applications
› Devices
› VRML
› Job opportunities
› Future
› Resources
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› A computer generated world with

which the user can interact

› Interaction can vary from looking

around to interactively modifying
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› Immersive
› Augmented
› Text-based
› Desktop (Window on a World)
› Video Mapping
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A type of VR in which the user

becomes immersed (deeply involved)
in a virtual world. it is also a form of
VR that uses computer related
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a certain text form a mental model
of this virtual world in their head
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  the idea of taking
what is real and adding to it in
some way so that user obtains more
information from their environment.
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› Architecture
› Training
› Medicine
› Engineering and Design
› E-Commerce
› Entertainment
› Manufacturing
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An area in which virtual reality has
tremendous potential is in
architectural design. Already being
created are architectural "walk-
throughs" that allow designers and
clients to examine homes and office
buildings, inside and out, before
they're built. With virtual reality,
designers can interactively test a
building before construction begins.
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› researchers are using virtual reality
technology to create 3-D ultrasound
images to help doctors diagnose and treat
congenital heart defects in children
› The medical application of VR was
stimulated initially by the need of medical
staff to visualise complex medical data,
particularly during surgery and for
surgery planning, and for medical
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› Ënited States: The military used it as flight
simulators to train pilots.
› National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) use VR technology
to construct a model of the Hubble Space
Telescope (HST) .in September, 1993,
approximately 100 members of the NASA
HST flight team received over 200 hours
of training using the VR...
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was the first device
providing its wearer
with an immersive
experience. Evans
and Sutherland
demonstrated a
head-mounted stereo
display already in
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optical system are
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› A room with
projections on all walls,
floor and ceiling
› The users wear shutter
glasses to get a 3D
view of the world.
› The users are able to
move and control the
environment with some
kind of input
mechanism
Camera
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Most exciting is the ongoing

development of VRML on the World
Wide Web. In addition to HTML
(Hypertext Markup Language), that
has become a standard authoring
tool for the creation of home pages,
VRML provides three-dimensional
worlds with integrated hyperlinks
on the Web. Home pages become
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› Not a programming language like c++ or java

› Descriptive (rather than procedural) like HTML

› File formats contains human readable and

editable ASCII text
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The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology's (EPFL)
Computer Graphics Lab has several openings for
PhD students and Post Doctoral fellows in the areas
of Computer Animation, Virtual Reality, and
Computer Vision. Selected candidates will work on
one or several of the following topics:

› Motion Control of virtual characters (kinematics, dynamics,

and capture)
› Human body deformations
› Parametric animation models (e.g. running) from video
analysis
› Interaction between virtual humans and objects in the
Augmented Reality framework.
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After the earthquake of the 26th December
2003 and the immense destruction of the
·am heritage in Iran, the reconstruction of
the ruins especially of the citadel of ·am
has become an important task for experts.
first phase of the project were to develop
the 3Dimensional models of 7 case studies
inside the citadel of ·am (Main
gate,·azaar,Tekkiyeh (religious plaza),
Mosque, Sistani house, barrack, stable, four
season reception room
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The team of drawing the 3D models

consisting of in Japan from Waseda
Ëniversity and the team of Raaz
Ahang architectural firm in Iran from
Ëniversity of Tehran has made a
tremendous effort to build the 3D
models.
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In the past, computing power has doubled

approximately every 18 months, a trend
that is known as Moore¶s Law. If this is the
case then we should have a computer
powerful enough to run immersive VR
programs in our own homes by the year
2037.
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Resources:

http://www.reflex.lth.se
http://www.bmw.com.tw
http://www.panovision.at
http://www.xboxfront.de
http://www.innovation.ca
http://www.activeworlds.com
http://vrlab.epfl.ch
http://www.hitl.washington.edu
http://www.wam.umd.edu
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