Virtual reality group

Virtual reality group presented today as they introduced us to what virtual reality was and how it has been developing since 1950, and also giving the class some examples of how this could be either very useful in the future or it could become very dangerous. Virtual reality is a computer generated simulation of three-dimensional images or environment, this is by rendering a real world images or environment onto a special electronic that is equipped with high technology allowing to render high definition renders of each environment. With doing so allows the interaction with the virtual reality to become more realistic and the experience to become more real. Such equipment used for this are manly some type of goggles with screens inside of them and at times gloves that come with sensors inside them to allow interaction within the virtual just world. A most recent and good example of this is something google has just recently realized for public use, google glasses. Google glasses is a type of uses head-mount display (OHDM) something very similar to virtual reality. The only difference is that google glasses only allows you to have instant notifications for your email, text and other similar uses. Even though there are lots of advances out there for virtual reality we cannot forget the founding father when it comes to virtual reality. Morton Heiligs was one of the fathers, he applied his cinematographer experience and with the help of his partner they both developed the Sensorama over the course of several years. This was a work in progress from 1957 – 1962 he always had great vision and was always ahead of his time. The Sensorama machine gave you the ability to have all five sense with smell, sound, vibrations of the seat, and wind in the hair to create a more realistic illusion.  Similar things to this was built shorty after and is still used to this day, the flight simulator. This was created with the same concept but instead this has some real uses to it other than entertainment. This flight simulator was made so pilots would be able to train in a much safer way. Virtual reality group brought some very interesting ideas as well as an actually virtual reality simulator.