This book focuses on the recent developments of virtual reality (VR) and immersive technologies, what effect they are having on our modern, digitised society and explores how current developments and advancements in this field are leading to a virtual revolution.
Preface.- Part I The Past: Background and Motivation.-A Glance into the Future.- The Science and Fiction of the Ultimate Display.- Towards a Virtual Revolution.- Part II The Present: Research and Development.- Scientific, Technological and Social Challenges.- Unlimited Walking: One Small Step for a Man.- First Steps towards Being Really Virtual.- To Touch or Not to Touch?.- Part III The Future: Ethics and Responsibility.- More and More, and More than Moore’s Law.- Anarchy, Principles and Rules.- The Coming Age of Different Realities.