[外语学习]大学新编实用英语第四册第四单元pps.ppt

Related Information Today, “Virtual Reality” is used in a variety of ways and often in a confusing and misleading manner. Originally, the term referred to “Immersive Virtual Reality”. In immersive VR, the user becomes fully immersed in an artificial, three-dimensional world that is completely generated by a computer. Related Information (Classified by display technology) Adventure games, MUD / MOO Textually described virtual worlds where the user perceives the virtual environment through mental images based on the words read (like reading a novel). Desktop 3D virtual environment graphically displayed on a desktop computer monitor. Main types of VR Related Information Projected 3D environment projected onto a screen. Enables a single user to demonstrate concepts to a group of people. A CAVE(tm), where several screens are used to surround the user with images, is the most advanced form of projected VR in use today. Semi-immersive Most advanced flight, ship and vehicle simulators are semi-immersive. The cockpit, bridge, or driving seat is a physical model, whereas the view of the world outside is computer-generated (typically projected). Related Information Immersive 3D environment seen through a head-mounted display (HMD). In a completely immersive system the user feels part of the environment (experiences a feeling of “presence”. The user has no visual contact with the physical world. The author of the passage borrowed the term “virtual reality” or “virtual world” to describe an incident that happened to her in her real life with the intention to indicate that though the virtual world is colorful with so many attractions, there are still fundamental differences from the real world. As the author put it at the end of the passage, “For all the Internet gives me, I can never have her back.” Text Difficult Sentences Important Words Phrases Intensive Study (Para. 1) I must apologize to Phil for pulling his article from today’s slot and pus