While an exciting and contemporary field, the subject of virtual reality (VR) receives little treatment in most undergraduate computer science curriculums. This paper describes the author’s efforts to provide an overview of VR as the final component of his introductory computer graphics course. Specifically, students learn about the defining characteristics of VR and some of its enabling techno...

Virtual reality (VR) technology holds promise as a virtual prototyping (VP) toolfor mechanical assembly; however, several developmental challenges still need to beaddressed before virtual prototyping applications can successfully be integrated into theproduct realization process. This paper categorizes and elaborates these challenges and then describes how SHARP (System for Haptic A...

This paper presents a new approach to using virtual reality (VR) to design spherical mechanisms. VR provides a three-dimensional (3-D) design space where a designer can input design positions using a combination of hand gestures and motions and view the resultant mechanism in stereo using natural head movement to change the viewpoint. Because of the three-dimensional nature of the design and ve...

The interplay between consciousness, reasoning, creativity and action is reconsidered in the light of what is now possible with Virtual Reality (VR) technology. I suggest that there are three domains for the design of VR interaction: VR as pure bodily experience, VR as one or more embodiments of abstract knowledge, and VR as a link between the bodily and the abstract in the human participant. I...

Under the direction of Page Anderson ABSTRACT A growing body of literature suggests that Virtual Reality is a successful tool for exposure therapy for anxiety disorders. Virtual Reality (VR) researchers posit the construct of presence, interpreting an artificial stimulus as if it were real, as the mechanism that enables anxiety to be felt during virtual reality exposure therapy (VRE). However, ...

Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) have the potential to improve surgical interventions and image-guided therapy by providing clinicians with interactive three-dimensional visualizations in all phases of treatment. However, experimental AR research applications typically focus on a single medical procedure and do not attempt to cover the whole clinical workflow from preoperative to...

The ability to manipulate objects is fundamental to most virtual reality (VR) applications. A multitude of metaphors have been developed to facilitate object selection and manipulation [1], including virtual hand [2], which remains by far the most popular technique in this category. The utility of the virtual hand depends on the user’s ability to see it. Unfortunately, ensuring this is not alwa...

Virtual Reality (VR) technology holds promise as a virtual prototyping tool for mechanical assembly; however, several developmental challenges still need to be addressed before virtual prototyping applications can successfully be integrated into the product realization process. This paper describes the development of SHARP (System for Haptic Assembly & Realistic Prototyping), a portable VR inte...

Currently, most researchers find out that Virtual Reality (VR)systemsare now a highly implemented inautomotiveindustry especially in design and development process. The automotive industry was amongst applied this technology since VR was developed. In the real manufacturing practice, they need to cater the demand in shortening the production time. Therefore, the VR systems becomea crucial stage...