Characteristics of Immersive Virtual Reality
- Head-referenced Viewing, Arbitrary Navigation
look-around, walk-around,
fly-around capability
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Stereoscopic Viewing - Wide Field of View
- Full Scale Representation of Virtual World
proper relation between user and virtual world
- Realistic Interactions with Virtual Objects
functionality and behavior of virtual world (VRML: Lathe)
- Enhancement through Non-visual Technologies
auditory, haptic, and other interfaces (VRML: Explosion)
- Shared Virtual Environments
multi-user experience over distances
