Understanding Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Basic understanding

Many of us must have experienced Virtual reality or VR box using with mobiles. VR is the use of computer technology to build simulated  environments or programming environment having intelligent interfaces. Virtual reality places the user inside a three-dimensional experience and in which an apparently real situation associated to space and time factor is virtually emulated. Instead of viewing a screen in front of them, users are immersed in and interact with 3D worlds.

Technology

VR technology commonly consists of different types of gadgets such as headsets, specialized data globes, camera, vive controller, joysticks and motion trackers. Driven by applications or web-based VR, the technology is accessible via a web browser.

Virtual reality (VR) is an all-enveloping artificial and fully immersive experience that obscures the natural world. 

The key features of VR:

Believable:

Virtual Reality primarily focuses on creating an environment, where user need to believe it first when presented before them or otherwise the illusion rendered by virtual reality would tend to disappear.

Interactive: 

virtual reality systems focus on generating a thrust with the user in terms of interaction and giving realistic experience.

Immersive: 

The immersive experience gives the viewer the experience to manipulate or interact with the imagination or the virtual world.

There are many types of VR available such as;

• Fully Immersive
• Non-immersive
• Augmented Reality
• Collaborative VR
• Web based VR

Fully Immersive

A fully immersive VR experience is obtained based on the integration of three different aspects. In the first case, a virtual world needs to be developed based on the application of a computer simulation that encourages the users to fully explore and get immersed in such. Secondly, an effective computer is needed that helps in easily tracking the movements of the users on a real-time framework and thereby adjust the experience of the latter. Finally, in the third case, a hardware needs to be linked to the computer that contributes in immersing the users inside the virtual or simulated world. It gives 360 degree feelings to the user that they are in a environment.

Non-immersive VR

In non-immersive VR, it provides a computer generated environment without feeling of being deeply involved in the virtual world.

Augmented reality (AR) 

AR came in to picture now a days that enhances users’ real-world views with digital covers that comes with highly visual and interactive artificial objects. In AR, the real world is viewed directly or via a device such as a camera to create a visual and adds to that vision with computer-generated inputs such as still graphics, audio or video. 

AR is different from VR because it adds to the real-world experience rather than creating a new experience from scratch.

Collaborative VR

Collaborative VR or collaborative environment is where collaboration occurs from remote location such as virtual meeting room for meetings.

Example: Facebook, The wild, Arthur, Hoppin, Moot Up, Glue, etc.

Web based VR

Web VR is something you can experience the VR in your browser. It provides better performance as well, it supports both VR and AR. 

Examples of web based VR are, showroom, Zoo, Interspace sudio, Konterball etc. 

So this is only basics about the virtual reality presented for your understanding. 

Thanks!!

-DR