Virtual Reality (VR) Technology Applications

You may be curious why a Domain Brokerage site would choose such a specialized field as Virtual Reality Domain Names. It is no wonder when you consider just how much this field encompasses. The computer has introduced a whole new meaning to the words "reality" and "virtual", and the interpretations and explanations, both physical and metaphysical, are the subject of a whole website by itself. But for our purposes, Virtual Reality Technology is applied to the following fields of interest and commerce:

• VR SIMULATION
• VR GAMES
• VR EDUCATION
• VR SCIENCE
• VR MILITARY
• VR MEDICAL
• VR TOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
• VR REAL ESTATE
• VR TRAVEL AND TOURISM
• VR ROTATING OBJECTS
• VR ART AND HISTORY
• VR FILM
• VR ARCHITECTURE
• VR WEATHER
• VR MULTIMEDIA CD-ROM
• VR SOFTWARE
• VR EQUIPMENT

In its MOST REFINED stage, Virtual Reality is becoming a way to let the viewer be immersed in the scene, at least visually. This alone takes some advanced technology, science, and programming. The ultimate, of course, involves using more senses, simulating reality through sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. This is accomplished by wearing gloves, masks, earphones, and /or full body wiring. This is VIRTUAL REALITY.

VR Technology is already widely used in Virtual Reality Games. Arcades that feature VR Games have grown in popularity due to a high level of realistic simulation involving multiple senses. Hand held levers and thumb buttons will become a thing of the past as these more interactive games become more of a standard and less of a novelty.

Virtual Reality has long been used in education, teaching people to drive or fly a plane. Inevitably, this application will increase. Complicated machinery needs intensive, interactive instruction to learn operation. See the discussion on Multimedia CD-ROMs which can be a highly educational and enjoyable method of learning.

For many years, the Space and Aeronautics field has used VR, as astronauts undergo training in simulated environments. Virtual Reality Technology even makes it possible to see a Virtual Tour of points on Mars. The possibilities are out of this world! Chemistry has a use for VR in showing molecular models. Scientific Astronomers can analyze data when observing solar winds, and more uses are being developed constantly.

The Military (of almost every country) uses Virtual Reality Technology in much the same way, simulating the operation of a jet plane, for instance. Other VR applications involve robotics deployed and operated from a remote locations, introducing the possibilities for VR combat. Soldiers are often the most avid players of video games that depict military engagement as it supports the rising VR technology. This is not science fiction, it is reality.

Virtual Reality in Medicine has revolutionized surgical procedure by allowing surgeons to remove cysts and tumors through smaller incisions, using tiny laparoscopic cameras. Virtual Reality is being applied to training dentists and doctors by using tools that simulate real surgical procedure. VR is used in therapy, and to make 3D images of various organs. The medical field is finding amazing ways to apply the VR technology to research projects such as genetics. VR is changing the scope and capacity for better medical care.

Panoramic photography has taken a leap forward. On a computer screen, the cyberist and his/her mouse can survey an actual scene 360 degrees as if you were standing in the middle of a room or area, turning around. The ultimate in this type of presentation is the spherical panorama which lets the viewer look, up, down, and all around. Not only that, a Virtual Tour can take you from room to room, or point to point using an area map or by clicking on hotspots within the picture (like a doorway of the adjoining room).

Virtual Tours with Panoramic Photography have found a firm footing in Real Estate presentation of homes on the Internet. Virtual Tours are used so extensively that it is becoming an industry standard, displaying homes inside and out, letting potential buyers view a house from room to room, rotating 360 degrees - taking a tour, as it were, without the realtor leaving the office, or the buyer leaving their internet computer. There is software available to immerse the potential buyer to make VR the best form of presentation short of an actual visit.

Travel and Tourism uses Virtual Reality as panoramic photographers
( or panographers) show us beautiful, scenic locations around the world on the internet. Machhu Pichhu to the Vatican. The Pyramids in Egypt to The Great Wall of China.

Virtual Reality is applied further in 3D and 360 degree Object Photography. By using the Mouse, the viewer rotates an object to look at it from all sides. Rotational Object Photography is used by those who want to give an object the ultimate exposure, as if you are holding it in your hand or walking around it. It is used on the internet for retail presentations such as automotive or retail goods.

3D and 360 degree Object Photography is used for Cultural, Historic, Archeological, and Artistic reasons as well. Some museums use VR to display objects of antiquity, such as a vase or piece of furniture. Rotational Object Photography is used similarly by some artists who want to display sculptures and other art objects. Archeologists have used Virtual Reality to recreate entire sites.

Virtual Reality in the Entertainment Industry has been widely used. One is challenged to find a film that DOESN'T use it. VR Technology, using panoramic photography is used in the modelling and animation of three-dimensional virtual worlds, and a variety of fantastic creatures that no costume can create. It is becoming increasingly difficult to tell the difference.

Virtual Reality is helpful to architects in visualizing spacial balance and logical layout for specific uses using a model-like image. VR can help determine the effects of light and shadow on the design and give a clear idea of the overall effect before construction.

Weather forecasting uses Virtual Reality to display weather conditions using satellite data, statistically corrected forecast data, precipitation data, fronts information, and analysis to translate into a visual image. It has been used by television weathermen for more than a decade.

Many applications of VR are outside internet use, but are on the computer. Stand alone Multimedia CD-ROMs allow computer users to immerse themselves in an environment in the interactive way of a Virtual Tour. This is a method growing in the presentation of various tourist attractions as well as companies which need an in depth, immersive, interactive presentation.

Obviously all this Virtual Reality takes a lot of programming and serious software. Those who create the software to do this have a substantial and essential niche that powers the entire Virtual Reality Industry.

Virtual Reality, as it extends into many different fields, involves the manufacture of many components and much hardware. There are headsets, and various sensors for simulations in training and entertainment. Some are quite large, and some are very portable. Panoramic Photography and Virtual Tour production uses a few specialized devices, lenses, and cameras. The number of applications of VR are surpassed by the number of varied industries involved  that support it.

We feel that VR technology is on the rise, and as an Internet-based industry, Virtual Reality companies should have the tools to promote it on the Internet, such as VR-related Domain Names. We want to be a part  of VR growth with Domain Names that focus on Virtual Reality, Virtual Tours, 360 degrees, panoramas, spherical panoramas, Rotational Object Photography, and the panoramic equipment, and software that supports it.