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Virtual Reality Technology Second Edition


Lecture Notes


  • Introduction (Chapter.1.ppt)
    Last updated on February 6, 2008
  • Input Devices (Chapter.2.ppt)
    Last updated on  February 6, 2008
  • Output Devices (Chapter.3.ppt)
    Last updated on April 23, 2008
  • Computing Architectures for VR (Chapter.4.ppt)
    Last updated on March 7, 2008
  • Modelling (Chapter.5.ppt)
    Last updated on March 11, 2008
  • VR Programming (Chapter.6.ppt)
    Last updated on April 1, 2008
  • Human Factors in VR (Chapter.7.ppt)
    Last updated on April 10, 2008
  • Traditional VR Applications (Chapter.8.ppt)
    Last updated on April 22, 2008
  • Emmerging Applications of VR (Chapter.9.ppt)
    Last updated on April 29, 2008
  • Exams, Quiz Solutions, Figures
    ( Instructor registration required)
  • Browse Exams
  • Browse Quizzes
  • Browse Book Figures (pdf)

  • Student Sample Term Projects
  • Alpha Ori Space Station
  • Castle
  • Virtual Helicopter Simulation
  • SERC Reading Room

  • News
  • Viewperf 10 Workstation Benchmark (December 10, 2007)
  • 3DLabs.Wildcat.Realizm.pdf
  • Z800 OLED HMD
  • Second Life Online Virtual Society
  • 3D Game Studio engine
  • Physics Processor Unit White Paper
  • Supplementary Videos
    ( Instructor registration required)
  • Chapter.1
  • Chapter.2
  • Chapter.3
  • Chapter.4
  • Chapter.5
  • Chapter.6
  • Chapter.7
  • Chapter.8
  • Chapter.9


  • Upcoming Conferences

    IEEE Virtual Reality 2008 Reno, Nevada, March 8-12, 2008

    Virtual Rehabilitation 2008, Vancouver, Canada, August 25-27, 2008


    World-wide Survey of Universities Teaching VR/VEs

  • Summary table      
  • Full Survey table



  • Links to Companies and Research Laboratories

    Teaching Virtual Reality: Why and How? 
  • Keynote Address at the University of Tokyo (7.4 MB)

  • Panel on VR Education at IEEE VR 2004
    Greg Burdea, Rudy Darken, Skip Rizzo, Bill Sherman and Drew Kessler

  • PPT (12.6 MB) 
  • PDF (2.6 MB)

  • PRESENCE (MIT Press)
    Presence Forum on VR Education

    Call for Papers


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