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*Technology that creates the illusion that the user is immersed in a world that exists only inside the computer, an environment that contains both scenes and the controls to change those scenes.
Explaination:
*In virtual reality, multiple virtual worlds are combined with networking People have a representation of themself called an avatar which interacts with other avatars.
Examples:
*Microsoft Flight Simulator
*Secondlife
*World of Warcraft |
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*The use of computer displays that add virtual information to a person's sensory perceptions, supplementing rather than replacing (as in virtual reality) the world the user sees.
Explain:
*Augmented reality is when information is virtually added to real life
Examples:
*The first-down line when watching football on tv
*Lego boxes at Downtown Disney |
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Definition:
*The use of computers to create abstract models of objects, organisms, organizations, and processes.
Explaination:
*Models can be made with spreadsheets, mathematical applications, or standard programming language.
Examples:
*Computer game chess-boards
*Pinball games on the computer
*computer game battle fields |
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Definition:
* the causal path that leads from the initial generation of the feedback signal to the subsequent modification of the event
Explaination:
*A user gives information to a system, the system gives the user feedback and the user adjusts his/her information based on that feedback.
Example:
*During flight simulation, the part where plane and pilot react to data from each other. |
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*an attempt to model a real-life or hypothetical situation on a computer so that it can be studied to see how the system works
Explaination:
*This is a model that people use to mock real world experiences
Examples:
*flight simulators used in pilot training
*Militaristic simulations used to train the military what to do in certain situations |
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