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Foil 10 Features of Virtual Reality -- a New Consumer Level Product

From Implications of NII for Kids Jamesville-Dewitt School Districy Science Week -- April 25,1995. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color IMAGE
This is a ÒHuman-Computer InterfaceÓ technology which allows user:
Full Visual Immersion in world created by computer
  • Although called ÒVirtual realityÓ, the computer world can be
  • A Simulation of either a real or artificial world
Multisensory Interactions
  • Immersed vision
  • Stereo Sound
  • Tracking of Head / hand / feet movement
  • Physical Forces
  • Temperature
Video Game systems under development
  • Currently mainly in Theme parks, Sportstar 2000 etc.

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