An Insight Into Virtual Reality
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......
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