Virtual Reality is a
creation of a highly interactive computer based
multimedia environment in which the user becomes
a participant with the computer in a "virtually real"
world We are living in an era characterized by 3D
virtual systems created by computer graphics. In
the concept called Virtual Reality (VR), the virtual
reality engineer is combining computer, video,
image-processing, and sensor technologies so that
a human can enter into and react with spaces
generated by computer graphics. In 1969-70, a
MIT scientist went to the University of Utah,
where he began to work with vector generated
graphics. He built a see-through helmet that used
television screens and half-silvered mirrors, so that
the environment was visible through the TV
displays. It was not yet designed to provide a
surrounding environment. It was not until the mid
'80's that virtual reality systems were becoming
more defined. The AMES contract started in
1985, came up with the first glove in......
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