VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY

This second edition of the first comprehensive technical book on the subject of virtual reality provides updated and expanded coverage of the technology where it originated, how it has evolved, and where it is going. The authors cover all of the latest innovations and applications that are making virtual reality more important than ever before. · introduction · input devices: trackers, navigation, and gesture interfaces · output devices: graphics, three-dimensional sound, and haptic displays · computing architectures for vr · 5 modeling · vr programming · human factors in vr · traditional vr applications · emerging applications of vr