VR technology is changing the concept of the visual world. If any technology can change the future, that will be AI and VR. Virtual Reality is popularly known as VR. With VR, we can project a screen like 3D around you like you are standing in that world making an effect of virtual reality. Almost all sectors are using virtual reality now, for example, Medical. Entertainment, Education, Games, Fashion, arts, education, etc.
VR or Virtual Reality is a 3D simulated world that is created with the help of computer hardware and software that make you feel to stand in a virtual world with virtual things around you. To experience Virtual Reality, we have to wear goggles or helmets which are popularly known as VR headsets.
With the VR headset and the help of computer software, the users can feel living inside a virtual world where they can interact with virtual simulated 3D objects around them. This VR technology and VR headset can make a high impact on education like virtual classrooms and in medical science to get a proper place for surgery. It also has an impact on entertainment, business, etc.
There are different types of VR which are based on their interaction, features, applications, and involvement. They are
Non-immersive VR type is the simplest of VR types that we use in our daily lives. In non-immersive type VR, we are controlling the activities in a virtual world without direct interaction.
To understand the concept, just think of a video game where we control our character in that world and do the activities without direct interaction. We need a game controller or computer to do this activity.
It is a technology that can be described as in between Non-immersive and fully immersive VR types. For this VR we have to use VR glasses or headset. With this type of VR, we can experience a virtual world but there is no physical sensation. In other words, we can experience a virtual world while sitting in our physical world.
It is the most efficient and realistic type of VR which makes us completely separated from our physical environment using some devices like VR headsets, earphones, sensors, body detectors, gloves, etc. In this VR type, we get a feel of completely inside a virtual world.
The best example of a fully immersive VR type is virtual gaming we can see the persons are playing in a virtual world completely ignoring their physical world. It will create a real-world experience.
It is a type of Virtual reality where it combines the virtual world with physical world things using computer technology. It helps the users to make some interactions with virtual things in the real world.
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If we want to experience a fully immersive virtual reality, we need many devices combined and the computer system to see, hear, sense, and interact with the virtual world. Let us check what are the popular VR devices that we can use to get a Virtual Reality effect.