the promise of virtual reality
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THE PROMISE OF VIRTUAL
REALITY
We’ve come a long way
Back then …
1957: Morton Helinginvents the Sensorama - asimulator with 3D imagesalong with smells, wind andsound - to create theillusion of reality
1960: Philco Corp. developsproject Headsight, a helmetincorporating a video screenwith a head tracking system.This technology has been usedin military training operations
1965: Ivan Sutherlandcomes up with the conceptcalled Ultimate Display.Using a head-mounteddisplay (HMD) connected toa computer, users could seea virtual world
VR has evolved…
But the promise is yet to come…
With VR we open a new world of possibilities
Empathy
Overcoming fears
Managing pain
Near real life experience
Torture
Violence
Behaviourmodification
Psychological manipulation
At the Faculty of ICT, Department of Intelligent Computer
Systems we AIM to investigate and researchthese issues and how to apply them for the good of the world we live in .