Virtual Reality Concepts and Terminology

A comfortable third-person perspective.

To make viewers feel like they are part of the scene.

It allows users to look in any direction and walk through the scene.

<p>Ensuring that viewers do not miss important parts of the story.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Choose their seats in a virtual movie theater and watch any movie they like.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Whether the story should be linear or adapt to the viewer’s actions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Animations may be more appropriate than capturing real scenes in certain contexts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>How a group of friends can experience a VR film together.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>VR allows students to experience historical settings firsthand, enhancing their understanding beyond traditional reading.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Virtual prototyping allows designers to interact with their models in a realistic setting, facilitating clearer communication with clients.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>VR provides a platform for doctors to train individuals in remote areas and allows them to practice procedures in immersive 3D models.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One example is touring virtual reconstructions of ancient cities or museums.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>VR allows homeowners to construct virtual models of their kitchen designs and communicate these ideas to contractors effectively.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>VR transforms history education from passive learning to an active exploration of historical environments.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>VR allows architects to inhabit and manipulate their designs in a virtual space, making it easier to visualize and refine concepts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Health and safety issues include the potential for physical injuries while users are immersed in VR environments.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Advances in display, sensing, and computing technology from the smartphone industry have contributed to the development of modern VR systems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Both have seen a broader access leading to a substantial increase in the variety of activities people engage in using the technology.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Written text cannot fully capture the immersive and interactive nature of VR experiences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Virtuix Omni treadmill gives users the sense of walking through first-person shooter games.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Portal 2 provides a puzzle-solving experience set in a virtual world for HTC Vive users.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lucky's Tale maintains a third-person perspective as players float above their character.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The purpose of the game Dumpy is to enjoy the unusual embodiment of having a large elephant trunk to knock things down.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The concept of entering and interacting within video game worlds was popularized by Tron.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The term 'virtual reality' is seen as self-contradictory, leading to the proposed alternative term 'virtuality'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The 'real world' refers to the physical environment of the user, while the 'virtual world' is the perceived environment experienced within VR.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Many researchers prefer 'virtual environments' because it predates the term 'virtual reality' and is considered synonymous with it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Augmented reality (AR) overlays additional structures like text and graphics onto the user's real-world view, unlike VR, which immerses users in a completely virtual setting.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mixed reality (MR) encompasses a spectrum that includes VR, AR, and ordinary reality, blending digital and physical worlds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Telepresence refers to systems that allow users to feel as though they are in a different location in the real world.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Human physiology and perception are critical as they influence how users experience and interact with virtual environments.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The distinctions among VR, AR, and MR have eroded due to advancements in technology, prompting attempts to unify these concepts under broader categories like XR.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Larger movie screens caused the popularity of 3D movies to wane.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Cinerama system utilized a curved, wide field of view, which laid groundwork for immersive technologies such as VR.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The CAVE system projects video onto several walls, providing a stereoscopic viewing experience with head tracking.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It was the first VR headset, allowing images to adjust as the user moved, enhancing the perception of stationarity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The commercial VR headsets offered by Jaron Lanier’s company featured goggles and gloves, presenting VR as a viable technology.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Advancements in high-resolution screens and sensors from the smartphone industry have improved VR headset quality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They lowered the barriers of entry by providing lightweight, low-cost, high-field-of-view headsets.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The 1990s saw the emergence of VR-based video games in arcades and home units, though they failed to attract mass interest.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The user's body motion allows them to change their environment and interact with the VR system, enhancing the immersive experience.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Both sensors in VR systems and natural sense organs convert energy into signals for processing, allowing for the extraction of information from the environment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A transducer is a device that converts energy from one form to another, and in VR, it enables the conversion of physical stimuli into digital signals for interaction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It's incorrect because both the user (organism) and their interactions with the hardware and surrounding environment are essential components of the VR experience.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The movement of sense organs, like eyes, allows the user to perceive and respond to the VR environment dynamically as they navigate through it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tracking other objects allows for enhanced interaction within the VR environment, enabling users to engage with multiple elements in a more realistic manner.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>VR hardware can affect the real world through robotic interfaces, such as teleoperation, where users manipulate real objects remotely.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>VR systems operate under the same physical laws as the real world, which ensures that both engineered devices and human sense organs measure and respond similarly to environmental stimuli.</p> Signup and view all the answers