Immersive Virtual Reality
A sensory experience created by h/w and s/w that makes user feel immersed in scene, and lets her “look around” using whole body movement
- head-tracked, wide-field-of-view stereo for compelling depth
- created by such devices as HMDs, Caves, or semi-immersive projection devices called responsive workbenches or ImmersaDesksTM
Immersion: feeling “inside” one’s data/model
Presence: feeling of “being there”, interacting with real objects (and collaborators) in a natural way
Augmented Reality uses video or optics to superimpose computer-generated data on real world