Virtual reality Summary

Everything you need to understand or teach Virtual reality.

  • 2 Student Essays
  • 7 Encyclopedia Articles
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Encyclopedia Articles (7)

1,243 words, approx. 5 pages
Virtual Reality in Education Flying over the Mississippi River from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and continuing on to South America, learning about the migratory habits of swans; walking across a busy... Read more
1,213 words, approx. 5 pages
Virtual Reality The terms virtual reality (VR) and virtual environment (VE) refer to an artificial reality created by computer technology that provides the user with a first-person, interactive view i... Read more
1,883 words, approx. 7 pages
Virtual Reality "Virtual Reality," or VR (also known as "artificial reality" (AR) or "cyberspace"), is the creation of an interactive computer-generated spati... Read more
923 words, approx. 4 pages
Virtual Reality A virtual reality (VR) system is one that creates an illusory environment for its user. The illusion may be valid in all directions, or limited to certain angles of view; it may substi... Read more
2,184 words, approx. 8 pages
Virtual Reality Virtual reality combines state-of-the-art imaging with computer technology to allow users to experience a three-dimensional simulated environment called cyberspace (a term coined by sc... Read more
2,090 words, approx. 7 pages
Virtual Reality Virtual reality (VR) technology emerged in the 1980s, with the development and marketing of systems consisting of a head mounted display (HMD) and datasuit or dataglove attached to a c... Read more
19,300 words, approx. 65 pages
As fans of the Star Trek TV programs and movies know, crew members of the starship Enterprise like to relax by visiting the ship's Holodeck. There they can enter any landscape that their imaginations-... Read more