Virtual Reality Technology (with one CD-ROM)

Author: Hu Xiaoqiang
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: This book focuses on introducing the concepts, development history, and composition of virtual reality technology, hardware equipment for virtual reality systems, related technologies of virtual reality, tool software for virtual reality technology systems, and their applications in reality. The book consists of seven chapters, including: Introduction to Virtual Reality Technology, Hardware Equipment of Virtual Reality Systems, Related Technologies of Virtual Reality Systems, Web3D Technology and Software, Virtual Reality Modeling Language VRML, Research and Applications of Virtual Reality Technology. An appendix provides keyword and field references for VRML. The accompanying CD-ROM includes trial versions of tool software related to virtual reality systems, relevant creation materials, browser plug-ins, and sample works. The content of the book is systematic and comprehensive. During writing, it adheres to the principles of popularization, promotion, and application. While introducing the necessary theoretical knowledge of virtual reality technology, it also presents several representative virtual reality tool software and explains them through examples, enabling readers to gain a basic understanding of virtual reality technology and its applications in a relatively short time. This book can serve as a reference for virtual reality enthusiasts and application professionals, as well as a textbook for undergraduate students in related fields such as graphic design, e-commerce, educational technology, multimedia, and computer science in higher education institutions. It can also be used as a reference for graduate students in relevant disciplines.