How Virtual Reality Works

BOOK CONTENTS

Part 1 What Is Virtual Reality

Chapter 1 Welcome to Cyberspace
Chapter 2 A Quick History of VR

Part 2 Jacking In: Interfacing Senses With a Computer

Chapter 3 Vision/Sight
Chapter 4 Sound and Speech
Chapter 5 Tactical and Postition
Chapter 6 Biocontrollers

Part 3 Computer Power

Chapter 7 Agents and AI
Chatper 8 Mechanics of Virtual Worlds
Chapter 9 Authoring Worlds vs Playing Worlds
Chapter 10 Putting It Together

Part 4 Degrees of Experience

Chapter 11 Window on a World
Chapter 12 A Walk Through
Chapter 13 Immersion
Chapter 14 Video Conferencing
Chapter 15 Telepresence
Chapter 16 Augmented Reality

Part 5 The Real World

Chapter 17 Medical
Chapter 18 Architecture and Engineering
Chapter 19 Flight and VR
Chapter 20 Military

Part 6 Recreation

Chapter 21 Desktop VR Games
Chapter 22 VR Immersion Games
Chapter 23 Group Experiences
Chapter 24 Art and VR

Part 7 Scientific Visualization

Chapter 25 Astronomy and Physics
Chapter 26 Financial Data
Chapter 27 Air Pollution Studies

Part 8 Where Is VR Going?

Chapter 28 Education and VR
Chapter 29 Disabilities and VR
Chatper 30 The Future Plains of Cyberspace