Readings

• Augusto Boal. From Theater of the Oppressed. pp. 339-352
• Joseph Weizenbaum. From Computer Power and Human Reason. pp. 367-375

Virtual Reality

• Immersive, stereoscopic display
  
  
• First-person perspective
  
  
• Direct, physical interaction
  
  
• Autonomous virtual world

Immersive Display

		"Ultimate Display" Ivan Sutherland 1960s
		VIEW System Scott Fisher, et al NASA/Ames Research Center 1980s

Attach displays to the viewer

Immersive Display

CAVE    Tom DeFanti,    Dan Sandin,    Carolina Cruz-Neira    EVL, University of    Illinois at Chicago    1992

Surround the viewer by displays

Immersive Display

(CAVE from behind)

Stereoscopic Display

		2 CRTs - one per eye
	or
		special glasses to separate images

First-Person Perspective

Tracker reports position & orientation of head

First-Person Perspective

World is drawn from tracked perspective

Physical Interaction

Tracking system for hand and/or other parts

Physical Interaction

	Data glove
	Wand

Autonomous World

World has rules & behaviors

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