Virtual Reality Links

This page provides a portal for those who want to learn more about Virtual Reality. We have included links to commercial, academic, government, as well as media resources. The links are roughly grouped based on their information format (eg. website, paper etc.). This is not an exhaustive list of everything. It is rather a starting point from which to explore VR on the Internet.

VR Websites

Site: "VResources"
HTML: www.vresources.org

VResources keeps up to date with the latest information about Virtual Reality, 3D computer graphics, data visualization and related technologies. The website includes articles, discussion forums, and general information related to VR.

Site: "Stereoscopic Displays and Applications"
HTML: www.stereoscopic.org

This is the official website of the annual Stereoscoipic Displays and Applications conference.

Site: "Stereoscopic 3D Virtual Reality"
HTML: www.stereo3d.com

An independent 3D and Virtual Reality resource with reviews of HMDs and other VR technology.

Site: "The VR Village Voice"
HTML: www.memeticdrift.net:8080/refs

A swiki that allows users to ask and answer questions and build cooperative databases all in the interest of promoting Virtual Reality.

More VR Links

Site: "3 Dimensions Community Webring"
HTML: k.webring.com/hub?ring=threedimensions1

A web ring is a group of sites dedicated to the development of 3-D Virtual Reality.

Site: "The 3D Stereophotography Web Ring"
HTML: k.webring.com/hub?ring=the3dstereophoto

A web ring for businesses and persons involved in stereoscopic photography.

Links: "Fangboy Village Links"
HTML: www.bogart9.com/fangboy

A page with useful VR-related information including a history of computer graphics and Virtual Reality.

Links: "Hot Virtual Reality Sites"
HTML www.itl.nist.gov/iaui/ovrt/hotvr.html

A plethora of links related to Virtual Reality. All they have is links, but they have plenty of them.

Links: "VREmpire Lair Links"
HTML: www.freewebs.com/vrempire/links/links.htm

An old site with several useful Virtual Reality links.

Links: "Virtual Reality Resource List"
HTML Google Archive

An old page with information about available VR devices circa 1994.

Miscellaneous

Links: "University of Washington HITLab"
HTML kb.hitl.washington.edu/home/

The Human Interface Technology lab at the University of Washington conducts Virtual Reality research.

Site: "Jaron Lanier's Personal Website"
HTML: www.advanced.org/jaron/

The personal website of the man who coined the term "Virtual Reality."

Articles

Blog: "The Digital Rosegarden" (2004)
HTML: Google Archive

Article: "La Realidad Virtual"
HTML: Network-Press.Org VR Information

Article: "Realidad Virtual: Un Poco De Historia"
HTML: www.inei.gob.pe/biblioineipub/bancopub/inf/lib5047/C03.htm

Books & Papers

Paper: "The Past, Present, and Future of Head Mounted Display Designs" (2004)
HTML: Google Archived PDF

Paper: "Realidad Virtual" (2004)
PDF: www.jeuazarru.com/docs/RealidadVirtual.pdf

HTML: Google Translation

Paper: "Building a Spatially Immersive Display: HUTCAVE" (2000)
PDF: eve.hut.fi/thesis_janne.pdf

Paper "Effects of Field of View on Performance with Head-Mounted Dispays" (2000)
PDF: www.cs.unc.edu/~eve/dissertations/2000-Arthur.pdf
HTML: Google Translation

Paper: "Head and Helmet Mounted Displays" (1998)
DOC: www.ratol.fi/lisenssi/virtuaali/vrsem3.doc

HTML: Google Translation

Paper: "Realidad Virtual" (1998)
HTML: www.monografias.com/trabajos/vr/vr.shtml

Book: Virtual Reality: Scientific and Technological Challenges (1995)
HTML: www.nap.edu/books/0309051355/html

Paper: "Interactive Stereoscopy Optimization for Head-Mounted Displays" (1994)
PDF: www.cs.princeton.edu/~min/hmd/min_spie94.pdf

Paper: "Virtual Reality: Applications and Explorations" (1993)
HTML: NASA McGreevy Paper

Paper: "A Method of Computational Correction for Optical Distortion in Head-Mounted Displays" (1993)
PDF: CiteSeer Link

Courses & Lectures

Course Lesson: "A critical History of Computer Graphics and Animation - Section 17: Virtual Reality" (2003)
HTML: accad.osu.edu/~waynec/history/lesson17.html

Lecture: "A Brief History of VR" (2003)
PPT: www.cise.ufl.edu/~lok/teaching/dcvef03/History%20of%20VR.ppt
HTML: Google Translation

Lecture: "Head-Mounted Displays" (2002)
PPT: Georga Tech Lecture Slides

Lecture: "Augmented Reality in Practice" (2002)
PDF: hyperwave.icg.tu-graz.ac.at/~Education/Vorlesung/ARP/ss04/introduction.pdf

Lecture: History of Virtual Reality (2000)
PDF: www.cs.jhu.edu/~cohen/VW2000/Lectures/History.color.pdf
HTML: Google Translation

Lecture: "Direct Manipulation in Virtual Reality"
PS: people.nas.nasa.gov/~bryson/courses/manipulate.ps

Lecture: "Multi-Processing and Time Management in Virtual Reality"
PS: people.nas.nasa.gov/~bryson/courses/time.slides.ps

Course: "The Implementation of Virtual Reality" (1993)

PS:
Hour 1: people.nas.nasa.gov/~bryson/courses/vr.slides.1.ps
Hour 2: people.nas.nasa.gov/~bryson/courses/vr.slides.2.ps
Hour 3: people.nas.nasa.gov/~bryson/courses/vr.slides.3.ps
Hour 4: people.nas.nasa.gov/~bryson/courses/vr.slides.4.ps
Hour 5: people.nas.nasa.gov/~bryson/courses/vr.slides.5.ps

Course: "Survey of Virtual Environment Technologies" (1992)
PS:
Section 1: people.nas.nasa.gov/~bryson/courses/vr.survey.ps
Section 2: people.nas.nasa.gov/~bryson/courses/vr.survey2.ps
Section 3: people.nas.nasa.gov/~bryson/courses/vr.survey3.ps
Section 4: people.nas.nasa.gov/~bryson/courses/vr.survey4.ps
Section 5: people.nas.nasa.gov/~bryson/courses/vr.survey5.ps
Section 6: people.nas.nasa.gov/~bryson/courses/vr.survey6.ps
HTML:
Section 4: Google Translation