Simulated reality

Augmented-Reality is defined as the process of superimposing digitally rendered images onto our real-world surroundings, giving a sense of an illusion or virtual reality. Augmented-Reality applications are advantageous, innovative and an overall brilliant invention. It has had origins dated as early as the 1950s but has become more significant in the mid-1990s. The invention of augmented-reality has definitely evolved from only displaying 2D images, to becoming more of synthetic spaces created…

under a Graveler for the past month, the hottest new app craze across the world is Pokemon GO! An augmented reality game that places users in the hotseat as an aspiring trainer, tasked with the age-old mission of “catching ‘em all”. The biggest change in this game from entries in the traditional Pokemon series is that trainers have to venture out into the real world and use the augmented reality software and gps on their smartphones in order to find pokemon in the real world. A dream come true…

Catherine Belsey refers to realist literature as a text which ‘positions itself between the facts and a type of illusion through a representation of a simulated reality which could be possible but not real’ . Whilst critically dissecting typical doctrines of classic realism, this essay will discuss the extent to which Dostoevsky conforms or subverts to the realist tropes in Crime and Punishment . Andrew Bennett and Nicholas Royle propose that realist characters should be ‘lifelike’; They…

angered Americans who have been cheated by the system. In Fight Club, these people are marginalized white people who feel that their health is not cared for. 12 years later, this fictional idea became reality during Occupy Wall…

Introduction: What is Touch Screen Technology? Touch screen provides a direct, interactive gesture based communication technology. A Touch screen is an electronic based optic display, able to detect and locate the touch around the display area. The touch screen technology allows a direct interaction with the display screen by a simple touch instead of the ordinary mouse, joystick or touchpads. The touch screen enables direct manipulation. Direct manipulation means, a user can directly or…

Previously thought of as technology of the future, virtual reality is now a common, immersive multimedia used throughout many professional fields. It is essentially a three-dimensional, computer-generated environment, which can be explored and interacted with by a person. In this environment, a person becomes a part of this virtual world and is fully immersed into it, with the ability to manipulate objects or perform a series of actions. Virtual reality is often seen as being important simply in…

Paragraphs: Technological Trend 1: Virtual Reality • What is Virtual Reality? The literal translation of VR would be ‘Real experience as human being’ which means Near-Reality. In other words, it is the phenomenon of creating an illusory reality in the mind of the user. (Carlin & Hoffman, 1997) The current uses start from gaming and go up to treating PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder). (Rizzo, 2016). • In what ways it will significantly affect ordinary lives in the future (through examples):…

dream. Albee is criticizing, “Godly money,” and how religious men in the “name of God,” steal money and take advantage of optimistic and hopeful individuals who believe that giving godly incentives might provide them with a beneficial output. In reality, little to no output is received and often times the money is gobbled up by the, “men of god,” or in the case of American capitalism: big corporations or the, “top one percent,” as said by Bernie Sanders and his fellow progressives. Moreover,…

What is virtual reality (VR)? Virtual reality is the simulation of a three-dimensional environment with the use of technology that can be interacted with by a person using a medium, such as a headset with a screen inside. As we understand and feel the world through our senses, which mainly includes sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell, VR equipment provides us with sensory information, most commonly sight and hearing through monitors and headsets to create a reality in which people can be…

the real and the imagined. Augmented reality and virtual reality technology enhanced mixing two. Virtual enhanced by combining real objects and computer data, virtual items will be generated in reality. This means that the user can see coexist in the same space of virtual and real objects. But just let enhancement technology of virtual items appear in reality, is not completely replace it (Architecture Mixed Reality n.d.). Based on Azuma(1997), augmented reality system is defined as a…