1. Overview
2. A Taxonomy of Virtual Reality
3. Types of VR Systems
4. VR Hardware
5. Levels of VR Hardware Systems
6. VR System Technical Approaches
7. Available VR Software Systems
8. Aspects of A VR Program
9. Other Senses
10. World Space
11. World Database
12. World Authoring versus Playback
13. World Design
14. Fiction Books Related to VR
What Is Virtual Reality?
A Web-Based Introduction
Version 4 – Draft 1, September, 1998
Jerry Isdale,
email:
mailto:isdale@acm.org
(preferred)
(alternate email:
mailto:isdale@compuserve.com
)
(with thanks to the *many* people who contributed bits, bytes and words either directly to me or by posting to various electronic sources, especially
http://www.cms.dmu.ac.uk/~cph/
(caution - moving soon) and
http://www.hitl.washington.edu/people/diderot/
1. Overview
2. A Taxonomy of Virtual Reality
3. Types of VR Systems
4. VR Hardware
5. Levels of VR Hardware Systems
6. VR System Technical Approaches
7. Available VR Software Systems
8. Aspects of A VR Program
9. Other Senses
10. World Space
11. World Database
12. World Authoring versus Playback
13. World Design
14. Fiction Books Related to VR
