Virtual reality : concepts and technologies /

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Imprint:Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2011.
Description:1 online resource (xx, 409 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13604361
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Other authors / contributors:Fuchs, Philippe.
Moreau, Guillaume.
Guitton, Pascal.
ISBN:9780203802953
0203802950
1280121289
9781280121289
9781466550100
1466550104
9780415684712
0415684714
0415684196
9780415684194
1136630392
9781136630392
9786613525147
6613525146
Digital file characteristics:text file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translated from the French.
Print version record.
Summary:"A manual for both designers and users, comprehensively presenting the current state of experts' knowledge on virtual reality (VR) in computer science, mechanics, optics, acoustics, physiology, psychology, ergonomics, ethics, and related area. Designed as a reference design guide to help the reader develop a VR project, it presents the importance of the users needs and various aspects of the human computer interface (HCI). It further treats technical aspects of VR, hardware and software implementations, and details on the sensory and psycho-sensory interfaces. Providing various concepts and technologies, including mathematics and modelling techniques, it allows the reader to formalize, conceptualize and construct a virtual reality project from original thought to application. For engineers, computer scientists and computer game developers and as an educational tool in courses for senior senior graduate students"--
Other form:Print version: Virtual reality. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2011 9780415684712
Standard no.:10.1201/b11612