This document provides an overview of virtual reality (VR), including its definition, types, related terms, applications in different fields such as military, medicine, and entertainment. It discusses VR modeling language, devices such as head mounted displays, data gloves, and VR caves. The document also covers challenges of VR like eye strain and risks of disengagement from reality. Finally, it discusses future possibilities like using VR for games, telepresence, and recording experiences, and concludes that VR's advantages in different fields make it useful despite disadvantages that can disturb human perception.

1. GUIDED BY:
Prof. AMI T CHOKSI
PRESENTED BY :
MONIL B DESAI

2. HISTORY

3. DEFINITION
 BASIC DEFINITION OF VR
 HOW VIRTUAL REALITY WORKS ?
 TYPES OF VIRTUAL REALITY
* IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY
* NON-IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY

4. RELATED TERMS WITH VR
* ARTIFICIAL REALITY * AUGMENTED REALITY

5. COMPUTER SIMULATION
 DEFINITION
 LEARNING OUTCOMES
* CONCEPTUAL CHANGE
* SKILL DEVELOPMENT
* CONTENT AREA KNOKLEDGE
 APPLICATION

6. VIRTUAL REALITY MODELING LANGUAGE
 WHAT IS VRML?
 TYPES OF VRML
* VRML 1.0
* VRML 2.0
 CURRENT SOFTWARE FOR VIRTUAL REALITY
* QUICKTIME VR PLUG-INS
* METAFLASH 3D
* MINOLTA 3D

7. VIRTUAL REALITY DEVICES
 INPUT DEVICES
 OUTPUT DEVICES

8. INPUT DEVICES
 TRACKERS
 JOYSTICKS
 MICE
 WANDS

9. OUTPUT DEVICES
* HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY

10. OUTPUT DEVICES (cont…)
* THE IMMERSE DESK

11. OUTPUT DEVICES (cont…)
* THE POWER WALL

12. OUTPUT DEVICES (cont…)
* THE CAVE AUTOMATIC VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT

13. OUTPUT DEVICES (cont…)
* DATA GLOVES * DATA SUIT

14. VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATION
• VIRTUAL REALITY IN MILITARY
• VIRTUAL REALITY IN MEDICAL
• VIRTUAL REALITY IN GAMES
• VIRTUAL REALITY IN MOVIES

15. VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATION (cont….)
 VIRTUAL REALITY IN MILITARY

16. VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATION (cont….)
 VIRTUAL REALITY IN MEDICAL

17. VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATION (cont….)
 VRTUAL REALITY IN GAMES

18. VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATION (cont….)
 VIRTUAL REALITY IN MOVIES
Brainstorm
Video drome
Lawnmower Man
Strange Days
Until the End of the World
Johnny Mnemonic
The Matrix
Star Wars
Terminator
Jurassic Park

19. Positive uses of VR Dangers of VR
 Training  Disengagement with real
world
 Risk-free experience  VR replacing reality
 Experiencing things you  People preferring VR to
wouldn’t normally be able to reality
experience  Addiction
 Difficulty of distinguishing
 Entertainment; fun, artistic between virtual and
expression real, ‘false realities
represented in VR
 Telepresence applications  Psychological damage;
identity problems
 Possible impacts on real body

20. CHALLENGES & FUTURE POSSIBILTIES
CHALLENGES FUTURE POSSIBILITES
Virtual reality has been  Science fiction literature and
heavily criticized for being film have explored a range of
an inefficient method for futuristic VR technologies and
the experiential opportunities
navigating
they may offer.
Non-geographical
 Virtual experience and virtual
information. identities via memory
Another obstacle is the implants .
headaches due to eye  Recording and sharing
strain. experiences.
RSI can also Result from  Games scenarios.
repeated use of the handset  Use of VR for deception and
gloves. control

21. CONCLUSION
 Though the disadvantages of Virtual reality can disturb the
human’s perception ability, it’s advantages in different fields
makes it user friendly.
 The sole objective of virtual reality is to give the user an environment as
realistic as possible and a thrilling sensory experience.
 The technology of virtual reality is advancing rapidly and it won't be
long before it becomes a most exciting source of entertainment in our
homes.

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