Applications drive VR interface selection

Author

Bolas, Mark T. ; McDowall, Ian ; Mead, Russell

Author_Institution

Fakespace Inc., Menlo Park, CA, USA

Volume

28

Issue

7

fYear

1995

fDate

7/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

72

Lastpage

75

Abstract

Physical interfaces to virtual environments fall into two broad categories: devices for navigation and physical interaction (such as deskbound and flying “mice”, gestural devices and navigation controls built into viewing devices); and viewing devices (such as head-mounted displays, counterbalanced displays, shutter glasses and a new class of immersive “desktop” viewers). The visual image is critical to creating an effective virtual experience. Beginning with immersive displays, this survey describes the range of available devices and discusses how application considerations affect the selection of components when configuring a virtual reality (VR) system

Keywords

equipment selection; interactive devices; peripheral interfaces; virtual reality; counterbalanced displays; gestural devices; head-mounted displays; immersive desktop viewers; immersive displays; mice; navigation controls; navigation devices; physical interaction devices; physical interface selection; shutter glasses; viewing devices; virtual environments; virtual reality system configuration; Application software; Computer displays; Costs; Glass; Graphics; Large screen displays; Navigation; Throughput; Two dimensional displays; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.391045

Filename

391045