000			01745cam a22003494a 4500
001			12709496
003			0
005			20170428124336.0
008			020318s2003 nyua c b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2002004380
020			_a0816046867
020			_a9780816046867
040			_cSPU
042			_apcc _alcac
050	0	0	_aQA76.9 _b.H85G71 2003
100	1		_aGrady, Sean M., _d1965-
245	1	0	_aVirtual reality : _bsimulating and enhancing the world with computers / _cSean M. Grady.
250			_aNew ed.
260			_aNew York : _bFacts On File, _c2003.
300			_axiv, 226 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
440		0	_aScience & technology in focus
440		0	_aFacts on File science library
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 206-214) and index.
505	0		_aA quick tour of VR -- Creating practical computers -- Developing better interfaces -- Precursors to VR -- A new view of data -- A new course for indoor flight training -- Mimicking reality -- Reality simulators: supercomputers to PCs -- Graphics: polygons and perspectives -- Displays: looking and listening in VR -- Manipulators: gloves, wands and trackers -- The larger view: caves, walls and desks -- VR as a research tool -- VR as a training tool -- VR as a teaching tool -- VR as a design tool -- VR as a healing tool -- The world of VR business -- Drawbacks to VR -- Virtual philosophy -- VR's future.
650		0	_aHuman-computer interaction _vJuvenile literature.
650		0	_aVirtual reality _vJuvenile literature.
650		1	_aHuman-computer interaction.
650		1	_aVirtual reality.
650		1	_aComputer simulation.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0709/2002004380.html
942			_2lcc _cBK
999			_c50168 _d50168