Fisher, Peter.
Virtual Reality in Geography. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (417 pages)
Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Virtual reality in geography: an introduction -- Introduction to VR and technology -- Geography in VR: context -- Virtual archaeologies and the hyper-real: or, what does it mean to describe something as virtually-real? -- Web-based virtual environments -- Virtual reality and GIS: applications, trends and directions -- Visual exploration of virtual environments -- Creating information-rich virtual environments with geo-referenced digital panoramic imagery -- Virtual landscapes -- Introduction -- Visualizing sustainable agricultural landscapes -- The application of VR modelling in assessing potential visual impacts of rural development -- Multi-resolution virtual environments as a visualization front-end to GIS -- Visualizing the structure and scale dependency of landscapes -- Providing context in virtual reality: the example of a CAL package for mountain navigation -- A Tour of the Tors -- Virtual cities -- Introduction -- Data collection issues in virtual reality for urban geographical representation and modelling -- Virtual world heritage cities: the ancient Thai city of Ayutthaya reconstructed -- Visualizing data components of the urban scene -- Virtuality and cities: definitions, geographies, designs -- 'Other' worlds -- 'Other' worlds: augmented, comprehensible, non-material spaces -- Explorations in AlphaWorld: the geography of 3D virtual worlds on the Internet -- Visualizing data quality through interactive metadata browsing -- There's no there there: virtual reality, space and geographic visualization -- Virtual reality: an exploratory tool for investigating the cognitive mapping and navigational skills of visually-impaired people -- Multi-modal virtual reality for presenting geographic information -- Index.
created for researching and teaching using techniques from the field of virtual reality. Of great interest to those working in GIS, Geography and Computer Science.
9780203305850
Geography -- Computer simulation.
Virtual reality.
Electronic books.
G70.28.V57 2003
910.2856
Virtual Reality in Geography. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (417 pages)
Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Virtual reality in geography: an introduction -- Introduction to VR and technology -- Geography in VR: context -- Virtual archaeologies and the hyper-real: or, what does it mean to describe something as virtually-real? -- Web-based virtual environments -- Virtual reality and GIS: applications, trends and directions -- Visual exploration of virtual environments -- Creating information-rich virtual environments with geo-referenced digital panoramic imagery -- Virtual landscapes -- Introduction -- Visualizing sustainable agricultural landscapes -- The application of VR modelling in assessing potential visual impacts of rural development -- Multi-resolution virtual environments as a visualization front-end to GIS -- Visualizing the structure and scale dependency of landscapes -- Providing context in virtual reality: the example of a CAL package for mountain navigation -- A Tour of the Tors -- Virtual cities -- Introduction -- Data collection issues in virtual reality for urban geographical representation and modelling -- Virtual world heritage cities: the ancient Thai city of Ayutthaya reconstructed -- Visualizing data components of the urban scene -- Virtuality and cities: definitions, geographies, designs -- 'Other' worlds -- 'Other' worlds: augmented, comprehensible, non-material spaces -- Explorations in AlphaWorld: the geography of 3D virtual worlds on the Internet -- Visualizing data quality through interactive metadata browsing -- There's no there there: virtual reality, space and geographic visualization -- Virtual reality: an exploratory tool for investigating the cognitive mapping and navigational skills of visually-impaired people -- Multi-modal virtual reality for presenting geographic information -- Index.
created for researching and teaching using techniques from the field of virtual reality. Of great interest to those working in GIS, Geography and Computer Science.
9780203305850
Geography -- Computer simulation.
Virtual reality.
Electronic books.
G70.28.V57 2003
910.2856