A hitchhiker's guide to virtual reality

A Hitchhiker's Guide to Virtual Reality brings together under one cover all the aspects of graphics, video, audio, and haptics that have to work together to make virtual reality a reality. Like any good guide, it reveals the practical things you need to know, from the viewpoint of authors who h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McMenemy, Karen
Other Authors: Ferguson, Stuart
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wellesley, Mass. A K Peters 2007
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:A Hitchhiker's Guide to Virtual Reality brings together under one cover all the aspects of graphics, video, audio, and haptics that have to work together to make virtual reality a reality. Like any good guide, it reveals the practical things you need to know, from the viewpoint of authors who have been there. This two-part guide covers the science, technology, and mathematics of virtual reality and then details its practical implementation. The first part looks at how the interface between human senses and technology works to create virtual reality, with a focus on vision, the most important s
Physical Description:xv, 588 pages illustrations
ISBN:9780429108334
9781568814773
0429108338
1138413879
1322667721
1568814771
9781138413870