VR2Go ¢: A New Method for Virtual Reality Development Phillip M.Sauter PMS Microdesign, Inc. VR2Go ¢ is a new technology for developing virtual reality content that: ¢ Reduces software and hardware costs ¢ Utilizes generic Windows ¢ and Macintosh ¢ computers ¢ Eliminates the need for expensive graphics workstations ¢ Expands the range of developers beyond the computer scientists and skilled programmers ¢ Enables all creative developers, including children, to create virtual reality content ¢ Expands the market by making the technology more accessible ¢ Revolutionizes virtual reality delivery (CAVE, Stereo Goggles,Virtual Desks,Web, CD/DVD, Multimedia, etc.) Introduction Virtual reality concepts date back to around 370 B.C. with the writing of Book VII of the Republic by Plato. In the Allegory of the Cave, Plato described a CAVE ¢ environment in which he explores the ideas of perception, reality and illusion. Here is an excerpt from the book: And now, I said, let me show in a figure how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened: Behold! human beings living in a underground den, which has a mouth open towards the light and reaching all along the den; here they have been from their childhood, and have
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