Virtual Reality Systems

This volume brings together a number of the leading practitioners and exponents in the field of virtual reality (VR), and explores some of the main issues in the area and its associated hardware and software technology. The main components of the current generation of virtual reality systems are outlined, and major developments of VR systems are discussed. * SPECIAL FEATURES * This volume brings together some of the leading practitioners and exponents in the field of VR, and explores some of the main issues in the area and its associated hardware and software technology. * The main components of the current generation of cirtual reality systems are outlined, and major developments of Vr systems are discussed, focussing of key areas such as hardware, software, techniques, application interfaces and ethical issues. * The book contains a comprehensive bibliography enabling the reader to follow up particular areas of specialism. It contains 16 pages of colour plates.

Foreword
About the Editors
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Virtual Reality: Definitions, History and Applications	p. 3
Virtual Reality: Enabling Technologies	p. 15
SuperVision - A Parallel Architecture for Virtual Reality	p. 29
Virtual Reality Products	p. 39
A Computational Model for the Stereoscopic Optics of a Head-Mounted Display	p. 51
A Comprehensive Virtual Environment Laboratory Facility	p. 77
Gesture Driven Interaction as a Human Factor in Virtual Environments - An Approach with Neural Networks	p. 93
Using Physical Constraints in a Virtual Environment	p. 107
Device Synchronization Using an Optimal Linear Filter	p. 119
Virtual Reality Techniques in Flight Simulation	p. 135
Using Virtual Reality Techniques in the Animation Process	p. 143
Dynamic FishEye Information Visualizations	p. 161
Virtual Reality: A Tool for Telepresence and Human Factors Research	p. 181
Critical Aspects of Visually Coupled Systems	p. 203
AVIARY - A Generic Virtual Reality Interface for Real Applications	p. 213
Using Gestures to Control a Virtual Arm	p. 237
Toward Three-Dimensional Models of Reality	p. 249
Back to the Cave - Cultural Perspectives on Virtual Reality	p. 265
Ethical Issues in the Application of Virtual Reality to the Treatment of Mental Disorders	p. 273
Bibliography	p. 289
Appendix: Overview of Virtual Reality Software Suppliers	p. 313
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