The Promise of Virtual Reality

THE PROMISE OF VIRTUAL

REALITY

We’ve come a long way

Back then …

1957: Morton Helinginvents the Sensorama - asimulator with 3D imagesalong with smells, wind andsound - to create theillusion of reality

1960: Philco Corp. developsproject Headsight, a helmetincorporating a video screenwith a head tracking system.This technology has been usedin military training operations

1965: Ivan Sutherlandcomes up with the conceptcalled Ultimate Display.Using a head-mounteddisplay (HMD) connected toa computer, users could seea virtual world

VR has evolved…

https://youtu.be/AXhGfkGh4vM

But the promise is yet to come…

https://youtu.be/h4M6BTYRlKQ

With VR we open a new world of possibilities

Empathy

Overcoming fears

Managing pain

Near real life experience

Torture

Violence

Behaviourmodification

Psychological manipulation

https://youtu.be/zhljsCx6Yiw

At the Faculty of ICT, Department of Intelligent Computer

Systems we AIM to investigate and researchthese issues and how to apply them for the good of the world we live in .