CAVE® – A Virtual Reality Theater – 1992
The CAVE® is a multi-person, room-sized, high-resolution 3D video and audio environment invented at EVL in 1991. Graphics are projected in stereo onto three walls and the floor, and viewed with active stereo glasses equipped with a location sensor. As the user moves within the display boundaries, the correct perspective is displayed in real-time to achieve a fully immersive experience. This video is a video demo that explains the functionality of the CAVE®. producer/director: Sumit Das, Alan Millman evl contributors: Drew Browning, Carolina Cruz-Neira, Sumit Das, Thomas A. DeFanti, Alan Millman, Daniel J. Sandin credits: Lewis Siegel, Kathy Koller and Michelle Miller More information can be found on the EVL website — www.evl.uic.edu
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Virtual reality Tube ride reveals extent of public paranoia (HD) | A film by the Wellcome Trust
A virtual reality Underground ride has been used by researchers to reveal the extent that paranoia occurs in the general public. “Paranoid thoughts are often triggered by ambiguous events such as people looking in one’s direction or hearing laughter in a room but it is very difficult to recreate such social interactions,” says Dr Freeman. “Virtual reality allows us to do just that, to look at how different people interpret exactly the same social situation. It is a uniquely powerful method to detect those liable to misinterpret other people.” From April 2008. More information here: www.wellcome.ac.uk
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