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HMD

Sound Fan (headwind) Virtual Reality
Imaging
software Computer software

Tactile
Pedals Handlebars
software
Virtual reality—Fig. 4

medical personnel, particularly surgeons, who can operate on “virtual
patients” while they perfect their skills.
Group VR: Passive and exploratory VR can be provided to groups of
people. Several theme parks in the United States and Japan have already
installed equipment of this type. People sit in chairs while they watch,
and listen to, the portrayal of an intergalactic journey, a submarine ride,
or a trip through time. The main limitation is that everyone has the same
virtual experience.
Individual VR: Interactive VR, intended for individual users, is also
found in theme parks. These sessions are expensive and generally last only
a few minutes. You might walk on an alien planet inhabited by robots,
ride in a Moon buggy, or swim with porpoises. The environment reacts
to your input from moment to moment. You might go through the same
10-min “show” 100 times and have 100 different VR experiences.
Hostile environments: In conjunction with robotics,VR facilitates remote
control using telepresence. This allows a human operator to safely operate

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