Virtual reality in geography / edited by Peter Fisher and David Unwin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fisher, Peter F., 1955-

Unwin, D. (David John)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geography--Computer simulation.

Geography.

Virtual reality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor & Francis, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The ideas and techniques of virtual reality are now being made available for the creation of artificial or virtual geographies (a virtual geography refers to the creation of artificial geographies for use in research and teaching, using ideas and techniques from the field of virtual reality (VR)). Such virtual geographies are currently being constructed and used at a number of sites and include virtual cities, landscape visualization, visualizing past and future geographies, visualizing abstract concepts and taking people on virtual field courses.Virtual Reality in Geography covers 'th

Contents:

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 developmentMulti-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

Notes:

One CD-ROM in pocket attached to inside back cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-73200-0

0-429-21999-7

1-135-73201-9

1-280-03679-6

0-203-30585-X

9780429219993

OCLC:

437079166