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Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that employs 3D near-eye displays and pose tracking to give the user an immersive feel of a virtual world. Applications of virtual reality include entertainment (particularly video games), education (such as medical, safety or military training) and business (such as virtual meetings).
Immersion (virtual reality) A woman using the Manus VR glove development kit in 2016. In virtual reality (VR), immersion is the perception of being physically present in a non-physical world. The perception is created by surrounding the user of the VR system in images, sound or other stimuli that provide an engrossing total environment.
The concept of virtual worlds significantly predates computers. The Roman naturalist, Pliny the Elder, expressed an interest in perceptual illusion. [14] [15] In the twentieth century, the cinematographer Morton Heilig explored the creation of the Sensorama, a theatre experience designed to stimulate the senses of the audience—vision, sound, balance, smell, even touch (via wind)—and so ...
Augmented reality. Virtual Fixtures – first AR system, U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (1992) Augmented reality (AR) is an interactive experience that combines the real world and computer-generated 3D content. The content can span multiple sensory modalities, including visual, auditory, haptic, somatosensory and olfactory. [1]
Extended reality (XR) is an umbrella term to refer to augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR). The technology is intended to combine or mirror the physical world with a " digital twin world" able to interact with it, [1][2] giving users an immersive experience by being in a virtual or augmented environment.
Immersive learning. Immersive learning is a learning method with students being immersed into a virtual dialogue, the feeling of presence is used as an evidence of getting immersed. The virtual dialogue can be created by two ways, the usage of virtual technics, and the narrative like reading a book. The motivations of using virtual reality (VR ...
Metaverse. Avatars socialising in the virtual world Second Life. The metaverse is a loosely defined term referring to virtual worlds in which users represented by avatars interact, [1] usually in 3D and focused on social and economic connection. [2][3][4][5] The term metaverse originated in the 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash as a ...
Presence (telepresence) Presence is a theoretical concept describing the extent to which media represent the world (in both physical and social environments). [1] Presence is further described by Matthew Lombard and Theresa Ditton as “an illusion that a mediated experience is not mediated." [2] Today, it often considers the effect that people ...