FUTURE OF VIRTUAL REALITY

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FUTURE OF VIRTUAL REALITY
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Future of Virtual Reality

• Difficult to predict
• Short-range predictions of technological progress
  are much easier than long-range ones
• It took a lot of imagination and vision to
  predict the future
• Computer development will affect the future of
  Virtual Reality

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• Virtual reality systems may transform the nature
  of entertainment.
• VR has been embraced by game makers as a great
  new toy and the future of gaming
• User will be able to play sports games in which
  you will have to use your whole body
• A virtual world will be design so people can see
  and communicate with each other
• Online Entertainment

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• VR as a learning medium in the future
• VR can be applied in
• Distant education such as virtual classroom
• Training such as combat warfare, doctors and etc.

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• Create unique environment for explorations and
  problem-solving
• VR could be used primarily to help architecture
  students to visualize in 3 dimensions
• With VR users can "walk through" a building while
  it is still being designed.

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VR Main Resources
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Chosen Websites on VR

• The Virtual Reality Society
• QuickTime Virtual Reality Suite
• VRML Works !!!

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Virtual Reality Society

• Address http//www.vrs.org.uk
• Three Links World of VRS, What is VRS and VRS
  Journal.
• World of VRS Online Database of Virtual Reality
  Glossary and Online Database of Virtual Reality
  Companies.
• It provides the technical assistance on Virtual
  Reality and also awareness of the VR contribution
  on industries.

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• World of VRS Gives the historical background
  and the objective of the society.
• Founded in 1994.
• Founded to give the meeting place for academics,
  industrialists, researchers and students to
  discuss and learn the new technologies on Virtual
  Reality.
• Societys journals are given four times per year.
• Four membership types Student, Associate,
  Member, Fellow and Corporate.

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• The VRS Journals are official publications of the
  society
• Its aim to disseminate research and provokes
  discussion on the topic.
• Journals written from vast collection of genres
• Virtual Reality technology and software systems
• Human Factors
• Virtual Reality Application
• Assessment of Virtual Reality System
• Philosophical and ethical issues
• Advances relevant to Virtual Reality

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• The Virtual Reality Society is a one-stop
  knowledge research which provides the journals
  for reference and discussion.
• Promotes the love of Virtual Reality researches
  and catalyses the keenness of new enthusiasts on
  the topics.

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QuickTime VR Authoring

• Address http//www.apple.com/quicktime/qtvr
• It is the award-winning photorealistic
  Cross-Platform VR software suite.
• Applications can play any Quicktime Movies and
  Quicktime VR Movies.
• Several software integrated together in the
  suite.
• QuickTime VR Authoring Tools.
• VR Worx
• MapsaVR
• Corel-Draw 8.0
• Sound SaVR
• RevolVR

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• Quicktime VR authoring Tools create interactive
  VR scenes with simple clicks.
• VR Worx - create panoramic movies, object movies
  and multi-node scenes in QuickTime VR.
• MapsaVR Add in navigations inside a VR scene.
• Corel Draw 8.0 Enhances photo to gain more
  realism and better rendering results.
• SoundSaVR Adds the directional sound to the VR
  scene.
• RevolVR - Add auto-rotate capability to QTVR
  objects.
• Conclusion Quicktime VR provides authoring tool
  resource to help the VR user to finish their
  works.

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VRML Works !!!

• Address http//hiwaay.net/crispen/vrml/
• Step by step tutorials in teaching VRML.
• Lesson One Viewing VRML Worlds
• Lesson Two Visiting Some VRML Worlds.
• Lesson Three Building Your Own Worlds.
• Lesson Four VRML Models and Textures
• Lesson Five Frequently Asked Questions
• Lesson Six History
• Lesson Seven Cyberspace and virtual community.
• Lesson Seven Essay Reading.

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• Website acts as a resource for the new
  enthusiasts to learn the language or a
  professional reference to the hot and latest
  development on Virtual Reality.
• Archive for VRML tutorials, VRML worlds and any
  other scenes.

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• Summary
• Online resources ranges into four categories such
  as knowledge, coding, software and the hybrid of
  any of them.
• The future seems quite bright and future
  investment may bear its fruit.

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Major Conferences

• A brief idea

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Main purpose

• The general purpose of having conferences is to
  exchange ideas and thoughts
• Serves as a gathering place for people around the
  world to trade information on virtual reality

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Major Conferences

• Virtual Reality World Congress
• Belgium 1999
• Japan 2001
• IEEE VR Meeting
• New Brunswick USA 2000
• Yokohama Japan 2001

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Benefits

• Overall there is a lot of benefit
• Development of ideas can be very fast
• Spreads information across a huge number of
  people fast

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MAJOR BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
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Highlighted Publications

• The Future Of Virtual Reality
• Author John Makulowich
• Source http//www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/ccarch/
  ccmak005.htm
• Pointed out a statements by Michael Donfrancesco,
  a senior executive with InterSense whom preferred
  to discuss about augmented reality on top of
  virtual reality because of the variety of the
  uses.
• People soon will influence more toward
  interactive 3D features in internet
• Next Generation of e-commerce, distance learning,
  entertainment, design manufacturing

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• The Second Future Of Virtual Reality In Industry
  And Medicine
• Author Leslie Versweyveld
• Source http//www.hoise.com/vmw/articles/LV-VM-12
  -97-1.html
• Bob Stone, Chairman of the Amsterdam Euro-VR Mini
  Conference '97 stated that VR will have a bright
  future
• In UK, VR technology has been exercise into
  scientific environment industries technology
• VR has influence to be adopted into
• aircraft building
• product handling
• design of semiconductor
• training program
• Surgeon Training one of main key point that
  lead into Real-Time 3D interaction
• Limitation of 3D based system high cost of
  equipment implementation lead to slow
  development of VR based

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• Virtual Reality past, present, and future
• Author Gina Cadzow, Rona MacKinnon Juan
  Salgueiro
• Source http//www.dcs.napier.ac.uk/mm/socbytes/j
  un2001/Jun2001_11.htm
• Focus briefly about all the related future
  prospects of VR
• Software
• lead to various graphics application of 3D
• Military technology
• influence better tactical planning
• flight simulation war training simulation
• Manufacturing
• prototype design
• product testing

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• Medical Application
• surgeon training with simulated environment
• practice improve skills of doctors
• Entertainment
• 3D games animated movies
• Internet
• 3D internet application with interactive features
• Future development
• VR as teaching aid
• driving lessons test through simulated
  environment
• enables people to deal with real life occurrences
  more competently by safely simulate hazardous
  conditions