Virtual Reality - What It Is And How It Works

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with a piece of machinery known as the computer.
This is done with several computer-user interfaces used to simulate the senses.
Among these, are stereoscopic glasses to make the simulated world look real, a
3D auditory display to give depth to sound, sensor lined gloves to simulate
tactile feedback, and head-trackers to follow the orientation of the head.
Since the technology is fairly young, these interfaces have not been perfected,
making for a somewhat cartoonish simulated reality.

Stereoscopic vision is probably the most important feature of VR because in
real life, people rely mainly on vision to get places and do things. The eyes
are approximately 6.5 centimeters apart, and allow you to have a full-colour,
three-dimensional view of the world. Stereoscopy, in itself, is not a very new
idea, but the new twist is trying to generate completely new images in real-
time. In 1933, Sir Charles Wheatstone invented the first stereoscope with the
same basic principle being ...

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