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This book aims to provide a comprehensive update of the latest scientific research, mainly in Virtual Reality and partly in Augmented Reality, from the last five years. The content is themed around the application areas of training, education, robotics, health and well-being, and user experience.

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Information Technology is growing rapidly. With the birth of high-resolution graphics, high-speed computing and user interaction devices Virtual Reality has emerged as a major new technology in the mid 90es, last century. Virtual Reality technology is currently used in a broad range of applications. The best known are games, movies, simulations, therapy. From a manufacturing standpoint, there are some attractive applications including training, education, collaborative work and learning. This book provides an up-to-date discussion of the current research in Virtual Reality and its applications. It describes the current Virtual Reality state-of-the-art and points out many areas where there is still work to be done. We have chosen certain areas to cover in this book, which we believe will have potential significant impact on Virtual Reality and its applications. This book provides a definitive resource for wide variety of people including academicians, designers, developers, educators, engineers, practitioners, researchers, and graduate students.

Virtual reality in archaeology. --- Archaeology --- Virtual reality

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Der Band fokussiert virtuelle Architekturen als bildhafte Räume und begehbare Bilder und lotet damit sowohl ihre ästhetischen als auch performativ-praktischen Potenziale aus. Virtuelle Räume bestimmen unsere Kultur heute bereits mehr, als uns bewusst ist. Wir betreten sie sowohl zur Unterhaltung, beim Spielen und Lernen, als auch in der Architektur und in industriellen Arbeitsprozessen. Inzwischen nehmen sie in der Forschung ebenfalls eine wachsende Rolle ein. Zugleich steht eine kritisch reflektierende Beschäftigung mit der Ästhetik der simulierten Bildräume, den Prämissen ihres Entstehens und den von ihnen ausgehenden Handlungsangeboten noch weitgehend aus. Zwölf Beiträge aus angewandten Bereichen in Forschung und Technik, experimentellen Ansätzen in Architektur, Kunst und Theater sowie aus theoretisch-historischer Perspektive geben erhellende Einblicke in den kulturell und gesellschaftlich zunehmend bedeutsamen Bereich digitaler Raumkonzepte und virtueller Realitäten.

Virtual reality. --- Computer simulation.

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Explore the latest features of Unity 2018 to create immersive VR projects for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Daydream and Gear VR About This Book A project-based guide to teach you how to develop immersive and fun VR applications using Unity 3D Build experiences with interactable objects, physics, UI, animations, C# scripting, and other Unity features Explore the world of VR by building experiences such as diorama, first-person characters, 360-degree projections, social VR, audio fireball game, and VR storytelling Who This Book Is For If you're a non-programmer unfamiliar with 3D computer graphics, or experienced in both but new to virtual reality, and are interested in building your own VR games or applications, then this book is for you. Any experience in Unity is an advantage. What You Will Learn Create 3D scenes with Unity and other 3D tools while learning about world space and scale Build and run VR applications for specific headsets, including Oculus, Vive, and Daydream Interact with virtual objects using eye gaze, hand controllers, and user input events Move around your VR scenes using locomotion and teleportation Implement an audio fireball game using physics and particle systems Implement an art gallery tour with teleportation and data info Design and build a VR storytelling animation with a soundtrack and timelines Create social VR experiences with Unity networking In Detail Unity has become the leading platform for building virtual reality games, applications, and experiences for this new generation of consumer VR devices. Unity Virtual Reality Projects walks you through a series of hands-on tutorials and in-depth discussions on using the Unity game engine. With its practical and project-based approach, this book will get you up to speed with the specifics of Virtual Reality development in Unity. You will learn how to use Unity to develop VR applications that can be experienced with devices such as Oculus, Daydream, and Vive. Among the many topics and projects, you will explore gaze-based versus hand controller input, world space UI canvases, locomotion and teleportation, software design patterns, 360-degree media, timeline animation, and multiplayer networking. You will learn the Unity 3D game engine via the interactive Unity Editor as well as C# programming. By the end of the book, you will be fully equipped to develop rich, interactive virtual reality experiences using Unity. Style and approach A practical step-by-step guide to building ...

Virtual reality --- Computer programs.

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In un'epoca in cui la principale forma di riconoscimento sembrerebbe demandata allo schermo, le riflessioni di Jean Baudrillard offrono strumenti interpretativi quanto mai utili per tentare di comprendere la neo-esistenza dell'individuo schermato. Secondo il filosofo francese, la simulazione, in quanto ritrascrizione degli enti in un flusso di dati, sarebbe assimilabile ad una sorta di potlatch informatico, un cortocircuito rituale, alimentato dal consumo di bits quale ultima garanzia di persistenza. Tale pratica avvolgerebbe l'intera società in una sospensione claustrofobica, levigandone ogni possibilità di contatto, facendo riemergere l'user come canale di trasmissione di un significante privo di significato: il codice digitale. Ecco allora che la superficie dello schermo, esponendo una sorta di indigestione ontologica tra l'individuo e la sua proiezione digitale, rinverrebbe la propria matrice nell'intersezione tra il versante metafisico e il versante politico attraverso la figura dell'ostaggio. Lo schermo-società, da lustro richiamo alla distensione e all'intrattenimento, si capovolgerebbe in salvifica forma di scomparsa, riconfigurando un mondo in cui le antiquate ombre della realtà si sarebbero acuite in fantasmi divenuti più reali del reale, iperreali. Ed è a partire da questa fenditura, da questa commistione tra virtuale e reale, che verrebbe a porsi l'urgenza di un pensiero che, come voleva Baudrillard, possa farsi messaggero della resistenza di una singolarità inafferrabile.

Computer simulation. --- Virtual reality.