The datapaper: Living in the virtual world
M. Green, Chris Shaw · Proceedings · 1990
Virtual reality user interfaces are a new type of user interface based on placing the user in a three dimensional environment that can be directly manipulated. Virtual reality user interfaces have a wide range of applications in scientific computing, remote manipulation, communications, and the arts. This paper presents a cost effective hardware and software architecture for this type of user interface. Some of the hardware devices required to produce this type of user interface are discussed, along with the techniques used to combine them into a usable system. A low level and high level set of software tools are described. The low level tool set handles the interaction between the input and output devices and the user’s program. The high level tool set assists with the development of virtual reality user interfaces. An example user interface developed with our tool set is described, along with suggestions for further research.