Applications of VR

The applications of Virtual Reality

For most people, virtual reality equipment at the present stage is perceived by all of us more as “game peripherals.” Of course, mainstream head display devices like Oculus Rift, HTC VIVE, PSVR and others are mainly targeted at the group of game players. Even so, it does mean that virtual reality has no other use apart from games. On the contrary, in fact, virtual reality technology has been applied in many industries and fields, it has even been profoundly influencing and transforming the patterns of various sectors.

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The entertainment and media

Although 3D movie has been very modern and popular, film and television work produced with the virtual reality technology can bring different experiences of watching movies to users. With the virtual reality technology, the ultimate big screen which covers the whole eyes can be realized in film and television works, together with stereoscopic audio-visual effect, it can provide an immersed experience for audiences. Apart from being applied in virtual reality films, the virtual reality technology can also be used in other entertainment and media industries. Virtual reality media companies can set up a virtual reality rebroadcast platform in stadiums so that users can experience all kinds of field sports competitions and concerts at a short distance. For example, this technology and service will be applied in some international events and press conferences, such as the press conferences of the Olympics Games competitions, the World Cup and the Apple Corporation.

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II. The medical industry and rehabilitation training

The application of VR in the medical aspect has a critical significance. In a virtual environment, students and physicians can understand the structures of all organs in human body easily, and they can effectively conduct surgery exercises through virtual human body models, which is much more effective compared to the currently existing way of using textbooks. The traditional rehabilitation training not only consumes time and manpower, is tedious and dull, but also the training intensity and effect have not reached the desired effect. The virtual reality technology can better solve this problem; it can analyze the conditions of patients by using action capturing and data gloves to collect patients’ sensory feedback. Furthermore, the immersed treatment way can effectively recover the tele mechanical and visual ability of patients. Similarly, the virtual reality technology can also treat the mental diseases of patients. Headset devices can analyze the psychological status of patients, and it can improve or cure the mental diseases of patients by using a simulated environment.

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AMD(Apr,2016) Discover Virtual Reality in Healthcare. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvBH-sgPyak

III. Education

Virtual reality will thoroughly transform the educational field. With the virtual reality technology, we can set up a virtual university, so that students no longer need to enter conventional universities, and the virtual environment can bring them the same academic atmosphere and motivation for learning. Furthermore, a virtual school can offer students better and more convenient academic resources. For instance, if students have forgotten what they’ve learned in the last class, they can repeatedly experience the content of the last class. This method can not only help students, but they can also optimize curriculum arrangements. In addition to being used in academics, virtual reality can also offer other education platforms. With it, a simulated environment can be established to provide aircraft and automobile driving operation courses, and it can help trainees avoid serious accidents caused by operational errors. Through virtual education, we not only can speed up trainees’ mastering of knowledge, let them learn intuitively, improve the actual functional abilities of practitioners, we can also significantly reduce educational cost.

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Alex Chen (Nov,2015) Virtual Reality for Education College Application. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL_M-77HzRw

IV. Shopping

Although in people’s consumption concept, online shopping has been very accessible and convenient, it has a very obvious shortcoming that is consumers can not have an excellent shopping experience. In other words, users can not experience the actual products in network shopping websites. For example, if a consumer buys a piece of clothes from a shopping website, but he finds that the piece of clothes does not fit him, as a result of this, he plans to send it back, but the return service is very inconvenient for consumers. Such kind of consumption experiences will influence consumption motivation and the mood of consumers. The virtual reality technology can effectively improve shopping experiences. Businesses can make virtual stores create a real-time shopping experience, and users can experience products in the virtual stores, even they can shop together with their friends. Also, virtual stores can offer shopping guide to serve customers and introduce products to them.

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V. Industrial design

Industrial design in today’s world has undergone tremendous changes, and traditional industrial design cannot adapt to modern development anymore. With the rapid development of science and technology, the virtual reality technology is making an unprecedented revolution in industrial design. As a matter of fact, the virtual reality technology has been widely used in an industrial design by some large-scale enterprises. Businesses can use data collection and analytical ability of virtual reality to improve development efficiency, reduce risks and errors. Therefore, it is feasible and necessary to apply virtual reality technology in industrial design.

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The application of virtual reality is very broad; it can create infinite possibility. Shortly, virtual reality will make our life better and more beautiful.


Resource

Knvul Sheikh, Staff Writer(January 2016) Beyond Gaming: 10 Other Fascinating Uses for Virtual-Reality Tech Retrieved from ://www.livescience.com/53392-virtual-reality-tech-uses-beyond-gaming.html

Video

AMD(Apr,2016) Discover Virtual Reality in Healthcare. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvBH-sgPyak

Alex Chen (Nov,2015) Virtual Reality for Education College Application. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL_M-77HzRw