NDLI: Virtual reality and its military utility

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Lele, Ajey
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Virtual reality (VR) is rapidly emerging as a new area of multidisciplinary research. During the last couple of years, its scope has increased beyond academic research, and industry is found making significant investments in this field both for the research as well as for the manufacture of the development of various VR-based products. Various industrial sectors such as information technology, biomedical engineering, structural designing and training aids technology sector are investing into this technology. Military industry which always remains into lookout for new ideas is slowly emerging as one of the major investors into VR. This essay presents an assessment about the relevance of VR for the militaries.
Starting Page	17
Ending Page	26
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	18685137
Journal	Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing
Volume Number	4
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	18685145
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2011-05-28
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Virtual reality (VR) Real world Virtual world Simulators Military Warfare Computational Intelligence Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) Robotics and Automation User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Science

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
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Virtual reality and its military utility