response time in VR environments

If the basic requirements for Virtual Reality (VR) are a responsive and three-dimensional computer-constructed setting, then the next hurdle for artificially creating reality is the immediacy of the communication between human and computer. Lag time is the duration of the lag in the communication between human and computer due to technical limitations in data processing and transferral. In the physical world, many forms of communication between human beings and their setting occur instantaneously. A key challenge for simulating an actual setting is decreasing response lag to the point where humans do not frequently notice it. With rapid improvements in computer operating capability, response lag is now being reduced and the immediacy of computer animated worlds improved. Also, vReal covers some of these VR subjects.

Computer-assisted directional assistance for automobiles is much less sophisticated than that for aircraft. Few automobile systems use VR applied science presently, but this may change with increased computer power and use of high applied science in land vehicles. The page on Virtual Tours Cleveland, Ohio discusses related topics.

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