Applications of Virtual Environments: An Overview

Robert J. Stone, Frank P. Hannigan

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Abstract

It was Bob Jacobson who, when asked in 1992 about the prospects for commercial uptake of his company Worldesign’s services (just before winning its first contract from Evans & Sutherland), said “the companies we’re talking to really do want to adopt Virtual Reality (VR)… the problem is that they don’t want be the first to take the risk of doing so” (Jacobson, 1992, personal communication).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHandbook of Virtual Environments
Subtitle of host publicationDesign, Implementation, and Applications, Second Edition
PublisherCRC Press
Pages883-957
Number of pages75
ISBN (Electronic)9781466511859
ISBN (Print)9781466511842
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2014

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ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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