Immersive Virtual Reality
Immersive virtuality (VR) is a computer-generated simulation that lets users to experience an immersive environment by using head-mounted displays. The virtual environment could be realistic, stylized or both. The user is able to interact by moving their hands or head that is tracked by the head-mounted displays.
VR can be fully immersive, meaning that the user can see the real world around the screen, or non-immersive with limited interaction. This is what happens for console video games. Fully immersive VR makes use of head-mounted displays to show slightly different images for each eye, resulting in an stereoscopic 3D effect. Input tracking is employed to create a sense of immersion that feels real.
A common usage of VR is for training and rehearsal simulations. It could be part-task procedural training (such as buttonology, where surgeons are trained to press a particular button for certain tasks) or full motion simulation that trains police, military or pilots in situations that are too risky to train with real equipment and ordinance.
The immersive VR technology is extremely powerful and it’s important to keep in mind that, while it’s primarily employed in video and entertainment games (the most recent game Fortnite made 1.25 billion dollars for the developer Epic) The potential of this new technology goes far beyond soaring across space in an X-Wing or gunning down bad guys behind a dumpster. VR is also gaining popularity in the business and industry, especially where the ability to test new products or ideas in a safe and risk-free way can be beneficial.