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FIGURE 11.13 Binocular vision.

11.10TECHNOLOGIES FOR ESTABLISHING HYPERREALITY

The main technologies that have to be developed to establish HR are VR, com-
puter vision, and computer graphics.
VR: VR can give us a stereoscopic view of an object when we wear a special
pair of glasses. The right view of the object enters the right eye and the left
view enters the left eye through the special glasses. The right lens and the left
lens are opened one at a time every 8 ms. The right image enters the right eye
while the right lens is open and likewise for the left. Viewed with both eyes
we see a stereoscopic image, because the right and left views are slightly
different. VR enables us to handle an object in a virtual space by means of
hand gesture. The shape and texture of the object are stored in a computer.
The shape will change according to the hand gestures, and the texture is
mapped on the object and displayed in virtual space. Viewers can have a front
or a side view of an object, depending on their perspective.
Computer vision: Computer vision is needed to recognize the shape and texture
of an object in order to reproduce it. Usually a model of a human face is
used to recognize the shape of a human face.
Computer graphics: Using the shape and texture of an object, the object is
reproduced to match the viewer's perspective. Using information about
hand gestures, the position and shape of the object is adjusted and displayed
in virtual space.