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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 2
Theoretical and pragmatic approach
to virtual reality
Philippe Fuchs
Contributors: Jean-Marie Burkhardt and Domitile Lourdeaux
2.1 HUM AN BEH AVIOUR IN A RE AL EN VIRONMENT
After presenting the purpose and the technical definition of virtual reality, we will
now explain our method for designing and assessing effective VR systems. Let’s not
forget that the purpose is to help a person (or persons) to perform a sensorimotor
and cognitive activity in an artificial world. Thus it is necessary to first specify man’s
behaviour in a real world before going on to virtual world.
Physically, man perceives his environment through his senses. A stimulus
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ISBN: 9780203802953