Virtual Reality Technology, Second Edition with CD-ROM

Virtual reality is a very powerful and compelling computerapplication by which humans interact with computer-generatedenvironments in a way that mimics real life and engages varioussenses. Although its most widely known application is in theentertainment industry, the real promise of virtual reality lies insuch fields as medicine, engineering, oil exploration, and themilitary, to name just a few. Through virtual reality, scientistscan triple the rate of oil discovery, pilots can dogfightnumerically superior "bandits," and surgeons can improve theirskills on virtual (rather than real) patients.