[CV4-7] Virtual and immersive environments

Virtual reality or virtual realities (VR), also known as immersive multimedia or computer-simulated reality, is a computer technology that replicates an environment, real or imagined, and simulates a user's physical presence and environment in a way that allows the user to interact with it

Learning outcomes

• 574 - Illustrate the use of virtual environments

  Illustrate the use of virtual environments

• 575 - Explain how the virtual and immersive environments become increasingly more complex as we move from the relatively non-immersive VRML desktop environment to a stereoscopic display (e.g., a GeoWall) to a more fully immersive CAVE
  Explain how the virtual and immersive environments become increasingly more complex as we move from the relatively non-immersive VRML desktop environment to a stereoscopic display (e.g., a GeoWall) to a more fully immersive CAVE
• 576 - List software and hardware environments supporting immersive visualization

  List software and hardware environments supporting immersive visualization

• 577 - Discuss about the advantages of different immersive display systems

  Discuss about the advantages of different immersive display systems

Self assessment

Outgoing relations

• [CV4-7] Virtual and immersive environments subclassof [CV4] Graphic representation techniques