| Virtual Reality Contributor(s): Grady, Sean M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0816046867 ISBN-13: 9780816046867 Publisher: Facts on File OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2003 Annotation: Imagine visiting friends hundreds of miles away without having to leave your own home. Visualize touring structures or monuments that have yet to be built. What if surgeons could operate on patients that were in another country? Imagine if astronauts could walk on Mars without ever having to leave Earth! With the modern advances of computer technology and virtual reality |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Virtual Worlds |
| Dewey: 006 |
| LCCN: 2002004380 |
| Series: Science and Technology in Focus |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.1" W x 9.46" (1.14 lbs) 226 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This text provides an overview of the history of virtual reality and explores the tools and techniques used to mimic the physical world, the fields in which virtual reality is being used, and some of the obstacles that supporters of virtual reality have had to overcome. |