2. VIRTUAL REALITY AND VIRTUAL IN ACADEMIC

3. INTRODUCTION

4. Definition Virtual Reality What is virtual reality(VR)?
A computer generated, immersive
(or wide field),multi-sensory information
program which tracks a user in real
time.
Virtual Reality

5. Virtual Environment (VE)
A computer generated world with which the user can interact
Interaction can vary from looking around to interactively modifying the world.
Virtual Reality

6. Person(s) Responsible
History
Year
Person(s) Responsible
Why it was important
1965
Ivan Sutherland
The beginnings of VR
1977
Dan Sandin, Richard Sayre and Thomas Defanti
Interaction through body movement
1982
Bonnie MacBird (Writer)
The first computer- generated movie
1983
Myron Krueger
First virtual environment
1984
William Gibson (His assistant)
The term 'Cyberspace'
1987
Michael Piller (Writer)
The Holodeck, idea of immersive VR
1992
Stephen King (Official Website)
A look at the possible negative side of VR
1995
Silicon Graphics
Virtual Reality Modeling Language
1999
Larry and Andy Wachowski
Virtual Reality movie grosses $750M worldwide
Virtual Reality

7. What is Immersive VR? Virtual Reality
A type of VR in which the user becomes immersed (deeply involved) in a virtual world. it is also a form of VR that uses computer related components.
Virtual Reality

8. Types Virtual Reality Immersive Augmented Text-based Video Mapping
Desktop (Window on a World)
Video Mapping
Virtual Reality

9. Types of Non-immersive VR
Text-based VR: when a reader of a certain text form a mental model of this virtual world in their head from the description of people , places and things.
Augmented VR: the idea of taking what is real and adding to it in some way so that user obtains more information from their environment.
Virtual Reality

10. Applications Virtual Reality Architecture Training Medicine
Engineering and Design
E-Commerce
Entertainment
Manufacturing
Virtual Reality

11. Architecture Virtual Reality
An area in which virtual reality has tremendous potential is in architectural design. Already being created are architectural "walk-throughs" that allow designers and clients to examine homes and office buildings, inside and out, before they're built. With virtual reality, designers can interactively test a building before construction begins.
Virtual Reality

12. Medicine Virtual Reality
researchers are using virtual reality technology to create 3-D ultrasound images to help doctors diagnose and treat congenital heart defects in children.
The medical application of VR was stimulated initially by the need of medical staff to visualise complex medical data, particularly during surgery and for surgery planning, and for medical education and training.
Virtual Reality

13. Training Virtual Reality
United States: The military used it as flight simulators to train pilots.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) use VR technology to construct a model of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) .in September, 1993, approximately 100 members of the NASA HST flight team received over 200 hours of training using the VR...
Virtual Reality

14. Devices Virtual Reality Head Mounted Displays (HMD):
Was the first device providing its wearer with an immersive experience. Evans and Sutherland demonstrated a head- mounted stereo display already in 1965.
Virtual Reality

15. Binocular Omni-Orientation Monitor (BOOM)
BOOM is a head coupled stereoscopic display device. Screens and optical system are housed in a box that is attached to a multi-link arm.
Virtual Reality

16. Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE)
A room with projections on all walls, floor and ceiling
The users wear shutter glasses to get a 3D view of the world.
The users are able to move and control the environment with some kind of input mechanism
Camera
Device in hand
Virtual Reality

17. 3D VIDEO Eyewear Virtual Reality
winner of a 2005 & 2006 Consumer Electronics Show Design Award.
VR Price: $499.00
Virtual Reality

18. Virtual reality Modeling Language (VRML)
Most exciting is the ongoing development of VRML on the World Wide Web. In addition to HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), that has become a standard authoring tool for the creation of home pages, VRML provides three-dimensional worlds with integrated hyperlinks on the Web. Home pages become home spaces.
Virtual Reality

19. Job Opportunities Virtual Reality
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology's (EPFL) Computer Graphics Lab has several openings for PhD students and Post Doctoral fellows in the areas of Computer Animation, Virtual Reality, and Computer Vision. Selected candidates will work on one or several of the following topics:
Motion Control of virtual characters (kinematics, dynamics, and capture)
Human body deformations
Parametric animation models (e.g. running) from video analysis
Interaction between virtual humans and objects in the Augmented Reality framework.
Virtual Reality

20. Future Virtual Reality
In the past, computing power has doubled approximately every 18 months, a trend that is known as Moore’s Law. If this is the case then we should have a computer powerful enough to run immersive VR programs in our own homes by the year 2037.
Virtual Reality

21. Virtual education Characteristics of virtual education
It refers to instruction in a learning environment where teacher and student are separated by time or space or both.
Teacher provides course content through multimedia resources, internet and video conferencing. Students receive and communicate with the teacher via the same technologies.
Characteristics of virtual education
Online education using the internet
Cyber schools
Virtual universities
virtual program (Courses)

22. Instruction modes for virtual education - Are text based using HTML, Power Point or PDF documents
Virtual classroom Live teacher instruction and feed back
online
Virtual operating room A space to learn the basic procedure
before real-life one
Hypertext courses structured course materials . Hyperlinks
connect text, multi media parts and
exercise
Video -based courses Live face to face classroom courses
students watch the video
Audio based courses like video but only the sound track of
the lecturer
Animated courses Course material by animation

23. Cont…. Web- Supported textbook courses – Based on specific text books
Peer-to-peer courses – Courses on -demand text
books without a prepared
curriculum new one emerged in
2007.
Social networking – Students can address a problem Teacher will act as guides and resources but it is up to the students to present, discuss etc.

24. Cont…. Communication and interaction Asynchronous instruction
subsequent discussion
Content delivered at the students pace
Teacher acts as a guide
Communication through discussion books and
Students can interact with other students via notes, texts etc.
Assignment submission electronically
Collaborative communication outside occur through blogs,
wikis multimedia tools etc.

25. Virtual learning environment
Definition:
It is an education system based on the web that models conventional real – world education by integrating a set of equivalent virtual concepts for tests, homework, classes classrooms and the like even museums and other external academic resources
Similar terms used
Learning management system (LMS) related concepts)
Content management system (CMS) (only content)
Learning content management system (LCMS) for corporate training overall infrastructure
in a institution
Managed learning environment (MLE)
Learning support system (LSS)
Online learning centre (OLC)
Learning platform (LP)
Computer –mediated communication (CMC)
Online education
Library management system (LMS)
(now integrated library system ILS)

26. Components of VLE Course syllabus
Administrative information about the course
Notice board for current information
Additional resources e.g. supplementary reading
Self assessment
Formal assessment
Support for communications ( , twitter etc)
Access rights for instructors, course staff and students
Documentation and statistics
Submissions by the students
Provision for presentation with hyperlinks

27. Use of VLE by educational institution
Economize on the time of teaching staff and the cost of
instruction
Facilitate the presentation of online learning
Provide students instruction in a flexible manner
Provide instruction to the current generation
Facilitate the networking of instruction between
campuses and colleges.
Provide for the reuse of common material
provide automatic integration of the results of students
learning in to campus information system.

28. Standards Assessing VLE
Shareable content object reference model
For content –IMS global consortium
Assessing VLE
In 2003, Walker –Survey instrument to assess psychosocial learning environment of VLE instructor support student interaction and collaboration, personal relevance, authentic learning , active learning and student autonomy
Distance education learning environment survey (DELES) -For students to assess systems available –on web –survey
Virtual learning environment Sloodle, , 3D VLE called Edusim
Umgumo-under development.

29. A virtual school or cyber school
An institution that teaches courses entirely through online and accredited schools
Agencies of accreditation
Middle states association of schools & colleges
North west association of accredited schools
First school awarded by middle states association - Pennsylvania cyber charter school in Midland
History –Descendants of correspondence schools (distance learning)
Fees – free if state pays

30. Materials Adobe systems products Jase products Macromedia products
Carel products etc.
Advantages and disadvantages
Need not attend classes and travel
Online study groups meat using Elluminate wimber etc.

31. Cont…. No direct interaction hence lack of socialization
Staying on task-difficult in home environment
A virtual school library
It is a PreK -12 library, a subunit of a virtual school.
Watson and Ryar - Report 50% increase /annum in US
Key component - Development of virtual schools library
communication portals.
System available - I Google page and an accompanying
blog to deliver RRS (i.e. Z/US)- based
library services to students and educators

32. Cont…. A Virtual university
It is one that provides higher education programs through electronic media, typically the Internet
History – Distance education –the precursor
Open university in UK –First one in 1960-concept of communications technology
Wireless university – first discussed at the BBC by J.C. Stobbart
UK with first idea of teleuniversity
By Mid-Nineties OU –used the internet
In 1970 Ivan Illich –concept of use of computer networks for learning
In 1971 –George Kasey –Gave lecturers on philosophy of communications De-Design
By 1972 –he established Media free times a periodical now web pages

33. Cont….. In 1992 –Virtual class lab moved on to the internet
In A book “In search of the virtual class: education in an information society” by Tiffin and Lalita Rajasingham
In 1995 –OU – Catalonia –First virtual university

34. Teaching modes Two way audio –visual network Web –based
Hypertext ,videos, audios, s and video conferencing
Quality –Questions remain about accreditation
and the quality of assessment .

35. CONCLUSION
Everything is going to be virtual in future . As we have to live and face the future gain more knowledge on virtual. In medical Fraternity virtual is replacing diagnostic procedure, treatment etc. Hence it is high time to introduce virtual in nursing curriculum .

36. TAKE HOME MASSAGE Virtual Reality Treatment Theatre cinema –
VR in health management and voice care.
Virtual Reality certificate course part –I