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Virtual Reality info page
General information
The term Virtual Reality (VR) is used by many different people with many meanings. There are some people to whom VR is a specific collection of technologies, that is a Head Mounted Display, Glove Input Device and Audio. Some other people stretch the term to include conventional books, movies or pure fantasy and imagination. Virtual Reality can be seen as a way for humans to visualize, manipulate and interact with computers and extremely complex data. The visualization part refers to the computer generating visual, auditory or other sensual outputs to the user of a world within the computer. This world may be a CAD model, a scientific simulation, or a view into a database. The applications being developed for VR run a wide spectrum, from games to architectural and business planning.
- Commercial Resources - links to companies which make virtual reality products Rate this link
- HITLab Bibliography Search Rate this link
- Low Cost Virtual Reality and its Application to Chemical Engineering - paper from Rate this link
- On The Net: Internet Resources in Virtual Reality Rate this link
- sci.virtual-worlds FAQ Rate this link
- Sci.virtual-worlds' FTP Site - large VR archive Rate this link
- sci.virtual-worlds Introduction Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Rate this link
- What Is Virtual Reality? - A Web-Based Introduction Rate this link
- What is Stereo Vision? Stereopsis? Stereoscopic Vision? Rate this link
General virtual reality links
- 3D PC Systems - technical backgrounder and link to products Rate this link
- 3D Video Standards Conversion - This paper discusses the conversion of 3D video between the three world video standards of NTSC, PAL and SECAM. An overview is given of the five main methods of achieving 3D with consumer video and the principles of video standards conversion are discussed. A solution for converting field-sequential 3D video between standards is presented and a number of other advantages which the system offers are discussed. Rate this link
- Carnegie Mellon 3D Stereoscopic Video Display Systems Laboratory Rate this link
- sci.virtual-worlds Visual Displays Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - short description of display types and list to vendors Rate this link
- HMD reviews Rate this link
- How to view a stereoscopic image - different stereoscopig image methods described Rate this link
- Image Distortions in Stereoscopic Video Systems Rate this link
- Stereo/Multiview Image/Video Coding - discussion group, papers, research groups, related web sites and links to stereo pair images Rate this link
- Stereoscopic 3D Homepage - lots of information abpout 3D glasses Rate this link
- Visual Displays Frequently Asked Questions Rate this link
- 3D glasses and other 3D display devices - how they work and what is available Rate this link
- 3D-Video Recording Equipment Rate this link
- Alioscopy - new method for 3D without glasses Rate this link
- Computer Generated Stereo Modes - This document descrubes the different 3D modes used to display 3D images: page flipping, interlace, above below and anaglyph Rate this link
- Miscellaneous Stereo3D Hardware Rate this link
- Stereograhics Developers' Handbooks - Background on Creating Images for CrystalEyes? and SimulEyes? 3D display glasses. Rate this link
- Stereo3D Developer Kits - Links to documentation and SDK Rate this link
- StereoGraphics Corporation White Papers Rate this link
- Three-Colour, Solid-State, Three-Dimensional Display - volumetric display based on two-step, two-frequency upconversion in rare earth doped heavy metal fluoride glass is described Rate this link
- Volumetric Imaging - brief info about 3D volumetric displays Rate this link
- Sega 3D glass serial port interface - the one I have built Rate this link
- Steve's 3D - all kinds of 3D information, tips and products Rate this link
- VGA-PT review - Homebrew VGA-Pass-Through Controller for LCD-3D-Shutterglasses Rate this link
- VGA to 3-pin VESA Stereo Adapter: Interfacing LCD shutter glasses to a standard VGA connector - This is a very simple design for an adapter that can drive professional 3D shutter glasses, and other stereo devices, from a standard VGA connector. It is able to drive most equipment that uses the 3-pin VESA DIN stereo connector, and brings stereo support to video cards that do not have the appropriate connectors already built in. However, it is not designed to directly drive the 'dumb' type LCD glasses that do not have a 3-pin VESA connector. Rate this link
- Apec 3D Photography - information how to properly configure Windows 95 for 3D glasses and how to make 3D photos, also 3D picture club Rate this link
- VREX SSDI - programming API for Windows 95 Rate this link
- 3D Expo - 3D image gallery, needs free plugin Rate this link
- Apec VR Photos Rate this link
- Stereoscopic Imaging by Ray 3D - produces stereo video content, site has some stereo images from the videos Rate this link
3D output devices
General
Technology articles
Commercial product information
Build your own
Software support
3D stero images
- Ascension Technology Corporation - motion tracking Rate this link
Input devices
- AVRIL - AVRIL is a library of C routines for creating Virtual Worlds. The name AVRIL stands for "A Virtual Reality Interface Library". Rate this link
- 3D Engines List - overview of software 3D engines for realtime graphics and VR on various platforms Rate this link
- Freedom VR 2 - simple Java applet that lets you embed photographic VR in web pages without any plug-ins Rate this link
- MR Toolkit - Virtual Reality and 3D & 2D User Interface Software Tools Rate this link
- Rend386 - PC vr software, includes source and converters, supports 3D glasses Rate this link
- Virtual Reality Archive Rate this link
- Freeware 2D and 3D modeling tool for Windows - freeware placement application which allows users to create and place objects in a layout, 2D or 3D (VRML) formats, Windows program Rate this link
Software
- Andrew's Home Page - 3D video conversion, 3D video papers Rate this link
- Stereoscopic Imaging by Ray 3D - produces stereo video content, site has some stereo images from the videos Rate this link
- The StereoGraphics Handbook - Background on Creating Stereo 3D Images for CrystalEyes and SimulEyes Rate this link
3D resources
- Apec - 3D glasses Rate this link
- Interactive Imaging Systems - makes HMDs, was earlier called Forte Rate this link
- Mobile Maps Rate this link
- StereoGraphics - 3D LCD shutter glasses Rate this link
- NuVision - stereoscopic display solution provider, specializing in stereoscopic monitors, stereo conversion kits for existing monitors & LCD shutter glasses Rate this link
- Themekit - MindRender Virtual Reality Explorer Kit Rate this link
- Virtual Realities Rate this link
- Vrex - low cost 3D web viewing glasses Rate this link
- VR Systems - projection and tracking products Rate this link
Virtual reality companies
- RenderSoft VRML Editor - shareware Rate this link
Misc links
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