VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT (WXGE 6310)
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VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT (WXGE 6310). Future of Virtual Reality. Future of VR. 3 different duration : The near future In the next few years Far in the future (fact or fantasy?). 1. The near future. Many new developments at all levels of VR : Desktop Large-scale simulation - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Future of VR
3 different duration : The near future In the next few years Far in the future (fact or fantasy?)
1. The near future
Many new developments at all levels of VR : Desktop Large-scale simulation Mobile computing
Large-scale simulations
In multi-processor SGI machines Support industrial simulations
Car design Factory design Molecular chemistry
Supported by new display technologies CAVES Hemispherical display screens
Also includes force-feedback so user can feel bump into objects & move over textured surfaces
Multiple users can supported with speech & integrated video
Mobile VR
With mobile VR, a small computer is worn by the user together with a monocular head set, headphone & microphone Paramedics collecting information at an
accident site Soldiers & technicians following
maintenance schedules for equipment
2. The next few years (Technical challenge)
Hardware will get faster Supports :
High-quality images Interaction support (more complete) –
allow gasping of objects, sense of touch, etc
Realistic 3D sound More complex texture mapping will be
supported with shades & bump-mapping
System will become more reliable Permanently available virtual world Faster network access
Artificial Intelligent (AI) live in VR
The next few years (Human challenge)
VR does not fully use all human senses Images are still cartoon-like & have
limited smooth shading 3D sound & the use of different
qualities of sound are not fully exploited The sense of touch is only now being
researched The sense of smell Position sensors are still not sensitive
enough
The next few years (Social challenge)
Experimental Multi-user VR spaces have some mechanisms for exploiting human social abilities Allowing small groups to be performed Limiting the scope of communication Spaces for crowds
The design of spaces is also being consider from the architectural perspective
3. Far in the future (10-20 years)
Within the next 2 decades will electronic computers be replaced by quantum & molecular computers? Thousand times mode powerful &
support highly parallel computation They might support
VR scenes that are true to life Self-aware spaces – using ideas of the
conscious computer Brain-to-computer interface
Disadvantages of VR in future Addicted Cannot tell – is it real situation or VR? Insult others in multi-user VR
