Virtual Reality has turned the corner from being merely an interesting laboratory novelty to become a valuable tool with practical applications in many fields. From best-selling VR guru Bill Sherman comes Virtual Reality for Commercial Applications - a comprehensive compendium that examines over 50 current, unique, and foundational VR applications in Business, Science, Medicine, Education, Spatial Studies, Public Safety, and Entertainment industries. By examining myriad real world VR applications in detail, the authors provide an inside view of what works, what doesn't work, and why.
The book begins by providing the core technical information necessary to fully understand the theoretical principals of VR, as well as the detailed application analyses that follow. Each subsequent chapter includes a sampling of exemplary applications, providing a wealth of lessons about VR development, or use in a specific field. Each chapter also contains one or more ?key applications? that are explored in depth, as well as examples of these applications in their most recent form that include information on the most current research being conducted. Additionally, Virtual Reality for Commercial Applications cross references techniques between different application areas, thereby synthesizing the data from individual chapters into a coherent whole that describes overall VR trends and fundamental best practices. Such synergy gives you a hands-on guide for developing your own applications, and makes Virtual Reality for Commercial Applications an indispensable one-stop reference for anyone working in this burgeoning field
* Presents a wide variety of detailed application descriptions across ALL areas of industry, providing you with practical ideas for VR development in ANY area of interest!
* Cross references development techniques between different application areas, supplying you with fundamental best practices across disciplines!
* Includes an online and media-rich companion site with hours of footage from application demonstrations, which puts you in the middle of the action!
