Virtual reality: software and technology

@article{Singh1996VirtualRS,
  title={Virtual reality: software and technology},
  author={Gurminder Singh and Steven K. Feiner and Daniel Thalmann},
  journal={Communications of The ACM},
  year={1996},
  volume={39},
  pages={35-36}
}
Virtual Reality (VR) refers to a technology which is capable of shifting a subject into a different environment without physically moving him/her. To this end the inputs into the subject's sensory organs are manipulated in such a way, that the perceived environment is associated with the desired Virtual Environment (VE) and not with the physical one. The manipulation process is controlled by a computer model that is based on the physical description of the VE. Consequently, the technology is… 
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