Role of optics in virtual environments
Jannick P. Rolland, Yohan Baillot, Larry Steven Davis, Laurent Vaissié, Donna Lee Wright · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1998
While computer graphics play a significant component in the development of virtual environments, optics and its interface to the computer graphics software play an essential role as well because they are both required for the effective visualization of virtual environments. Moreover, optical technology is often a component in satisfying stringent tracking requirements. We shall focus in this paper on aspects of virtual environments where optics play a part, describe the development of the VRDA tool for visualization of anatomy, and summarize recent investigations of visual optics for improved head-mounted displays.