projecting the growth of virtual reality products and applications

It is sobering to reflect on the anticipated results concerning the internet that far outpaced financial realities during the internet boom around the turn of the millennia. In a similar fashion, some of the potential for Virtual Reality that have been discussed may lag or fizzle. In any event, people usually have a strong desire to control and shape their setting and virtual reality is a strong tool toward that ends. For these reasons, it is a good bet virtual reality and its uses will continue to expand rapidly in both depth and breadth during the coming decade. Linked page Scientific American: Augmented Reality: A New Way of Seeing also has further virtual reality info.

Current technologies for human to computer interfaces include: keypad/knobs; touch screen; mouse; joystick; trackball; steering wheel; stylus; tablet; speech interpretation; data hand device; gesture recognition; and full-body VR mediums. These interfaces allow users to provide input to computers. Sub-page Virtual Tours Vancouver, Washington covers related topics in detail.

For novel coverage regarding VR, see Virtual Trade .