1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Description about Virtual Reality Virtual Reality (VR) involves development of a computer generated virtual environment intended to simulate the real world. It is an emerging computer visualization technology that allows users to experience a strong sense of reality in a computer-generated environment. Engineers have begun to realize the usefulness of VR as an innovative tool to visualize‚ manipulate‚ and interact with complex three-dimensional (3-D) graphical data that
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Virtual Reality The definition of virtual reality comes‚ naturally‚ from the definitions for both ‘virtual’ and ‘reality’. The definition of ‘virtual’ is near and reality is what we experience as human beings. So the term ‘virtual reality’ basically means ‘near-reality’. This could‚ of course‚ mean anything but it usually refers to a specific type of reality emulation. So what is virtual reality? Answering "what is virtual reality" in technical terms is straight-forward. Virtual reality
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Introduction and Thesis Nowadays‚ virtual techniques have become more and more popular. In the article I have chosen‚ the author believes that members of successful virtual collaboration teams (VCTs) need strong interpersonal and collaboration skills‚ which include establishing trust‚ embracing diversity‚ knowledge sharing and so on (Roy‚ 2012). In addition‚ compared to traditional face-to-face collaboration‚ this article also illustrates the advantages and disadvantages of VCTs. After reading this
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Virtual Education Dr. S. Balasubramanian Mr. S. Kannan Former Director – IPR Research Scholar Anna University Coimbatore Anna University Coimbatore Coimbatore Coimbatore E-mail: s_balasubramanian@rediffmail.com Abstract Virtual education is a term describing online education using the Internet. This term is primarily used in higher education where so-called Virtual Universities have been established. Virtual courses – a synonym is online courses – are courses delivered on
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Virtual Meeting Scenario Virtual Meeting Scenario In the past‚ a meeting for many global companies and organizations with largely distributed partakers was challenging. For example‚ previously if a company called a meeting and attendees were in different locations‚ the business would either fly those in attendance to a central location‚ or hold conference calls. Today companies take advantage of technology by holding virtual meetings. According to Educause Learning Initiative “A virtual meeting
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Virtual Private Network IS 311 Dr. Gray Tuesday 7pm November 19‚ 2002 By: Germaine Bacon Lizzi Beduya Jun Mitsuoka Betty Huang Juliet Polintan Table of Contents I. Introduction ……………………………………………….. 1 - 2 II. VPN Topology……………………………………………... 2 - 3 III. Types of VPNs……………………………………………... 3 - 5 IV. Components of VPNs………………………………………. 5 - 7 V. Productivity and Cost Benefit…………………………….... 7 - 9 VI. Quality of Service………………………………………….. 9 VII. The Future
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The Disheartening Truth of Cyber Love In her article “Virtual Love‚” Meghan Daum‚ a freelance writer‚ claims people become to comfortable with the security that online communication provides. Daum‚ herself‚ experiences this first hand. Through Daum’s experience with PFSlider‚ she is able to inform her readers about the troubles that may arise if you become engulfed in e-mail affairs. Daum’s relationship simply began as a flattering e-mail written to her by Pete‚ an admirer who lived hundreds of
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Virtual teams were almost unheard of a decade ago‚ but today they are an integral part of every organization. The recent “offshore outsourcing” trend and the growth of the Internet and similar globally linking technologies are major contributor to the increase in the use of virtual teams. Virtual teams are made up of people working on interdependent tasks and interacting largely via communication technology to achieve a common goal without concerns of time and space. Such teams carry out many critical
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The Virtual Dialectic: Rethinking The Matrix and its Significance David J. Gunkel Northern Illinois University Rather than designating the choice between good and evil‚ my Either/Or designates the choice by which one chooses good and evil or rules them out.1 The debates and decisions surrounding virtual reality‚ cyberspace‚ and other forms of computer-mediated communication have been‚ like so much philosophical reasoning within the Western tradition‚ organized around antinomies. One of the
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1. Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………. 2 2. Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………..3 2. Analysis …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….3 3.1 The virtual classroom ……………………………………………………………………………3 3.2 Academic Advantages of Online Learning within the classroom……………4 3.3 Issues raised from parents……………………………………………………………………6 3. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………………………….7
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