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VIRTUAL REALITY. THE NEW REALITY. Karen Van I waarden DeVry University – 2012 New Frontiers in Interactive Media Project. WHAT IS VIRTUAL REALITY (VR)?. Definition: Virtual = near Reality = what we experience as humans
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VIRTUAL REALITY THE NEW REALITY Karen Van Iwaarden DeVry University – 2012 New Frontiers in Interactive Media Project
WHAT IS VIRTUAL REALITY (VR)? • Definition: • Virtual = near • Reality = what we experience as humans • Therefore, virtual reality means ‘near reality’ (Virtual Reality, 2009) • VR creates: • Computer generated worlds • Immersive environments
VR WILL BE USED IN SO MANY WAYS? • Architecture • Art • Rehabilitation • Education • Engineering • Entertainment • Medicine • Military • Sex
Architecture • Art • Rehabilitation
Education • Engineering • Entertainment
Medicine • Military • Sex
BRAIN CHANGES • Reactions after VR • Nausea or simulator sickness • Lack of real world sensations • Dream life disruption • Social isolation or lack of connection with others
VR WILL PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO • Share dreams • Travel through history • Save data with a flick of the wrist • Spend time with someone who is miles away • Experience life situations a disability will not allow • Change the world as we know it today VIRTUAL REALITY WILL BE THE NEW REALITY
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