2. • Virtual Reality (VR) is a computer-generated
environment with scenes and objects that
appear to be real, making the user feel they
are immersed in their surroundings.
• This environment is perceived through a
device known as a Virtual Reality headset or
helmet.
• VR allows us to immerse ourselves in video
games as if we were one of the characters,
learn how to perform heart surgery or
improve the quality of sports training to
maximise performance.
3. 1. MEDICAL FACILITIES
• The Spanish National Research Council has succeeded in reducing
the effects of Parkinson's in several patients by applying a
treatment that uses VR.
• Parkinson’s disease is a disorder of central nervous system that
affects movement.
• VR provides visual and auditory feedback to gradually challenge
postural control and balance, thus improving their motor
responses.
4. 2. EDUCATION
• In classrooms, the use of VR allows students to better
retain knowledge and helps students with learning
difficulties.
• With VR, distance learning tools can put educators
and students together in the same room with digital
representations of themselves, teachers can teleport
into the VR world and guide students through their
experiences.
5. 3. ENTERTAINMENT
• Users can enter a scene in a video game or practice extreme
sports without moving from their sofa.
• Virtual reality environments allow common people to engage
with the exhibits, concerts, museum, gallery, etc. in ways
which were previously unknown.
• Virtual reality can create spaces that are too elaborate or
fantastical or dangerous to construct in real life.
6. 4. MILITARY
• The UK Ministry of Defence uses VR for training in simulated
combat environments.
• VR can assist soldiers to get trained in handling fighter
planes, submarines, and ground vehicles without even
getting into actual vehicles.
• They can also be used to provide data of different scenarios to
soldiers to practice.
7. The big technology
companies are already
working to develop
headsets that do not
need cables and that
allow images to be seen
in HD.
It’s almost imperceptible
latency will make it
possible for consumers
to receive images in real
time, almost as if they
were seeing them with
their own eyes.
There is even talk that
in the next few years,
they could
integrate Artificial
Intelligence.