How useful are virtual worlds
Ipke Wachsmuth · PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University) · 1994
Virtual worlds are highly interactive environments for experiencing and manipulating three-dimensional synthetic scenes. Such kinds of environments are referred to as real-time interactive graphics with three-dimensional models, when combined with a display technology, possibly including binaural sound, that gives the user immersion in the model world and direct manipulation. A virtual environment, thus, is not simply an improvement of conventional display techniques, but it is a new media of communication with novel kinds of challenges for computer and communication technology.