Evaluation of Virtual Reality opportunities during Pandemic
Sai Priya Nalluri, L. Reshma, Jyoti R Munavalli · 2021
As Virtual Reality (VR) continues to expand from the fictional world and permeates every aspect of our life, it is becoming important for both professionals and students to understand the various aspects of VR. The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about unprecedented change in today's world, yet its timing is fortuitous. Researchers are using ingenious technologies for speeding up the development to end this hazard. Virtual Reality also plays an important role in combating this pandemic, through sensory-based virtual communication. In the present world, we are surrounded by multiple technologies. This paper provides an overview of the basics of VR, the hardware and the history of VR, from its origins in the 1950s to the present-day. Different applications of VR such as medicine, entertainment, education, tourism, real estate, and others are discussed in this paper.