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Virtual Reality: Concepts and Technologies
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Virtual Reality: Concepts and Technologies

by Philippe Fuchs, Guillaume Moreau, Pascal Guitton
July 2011
Beginner content levelBeginner
432 pages
16h 6m
English
CRC Press
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Chapter 1
Introduction to virtual reality
Philippe Fuchs and Pascal Guitton
1.1 FOUND ATION OF VIRTUAL RE ALITY
1.1.1 Introduction
It is natural for man to escape from everyday reality for different reasons (artistic,
cultural or professional). Thanks to technological developments, man has been able to
satisfy this need through various but set representations of the world that are mainly
audio or visual. Set in the sense that the user can observe the representation only as
a spectator, be it a painting, a photograph, or a film of real or computer-generated
images. Virtual reality offers him an additional dimension by providing him a virtual
environment ...
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