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- 301: Virtual Reality Technology and Society
- ... WHAT IS VIRTUAL REALITY? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Definitions and Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Inspiration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND VIRTUAL REALITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Video Display Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Audio Output Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Tactile Response Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Interactive Input Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Computers and Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 THE HISTORY OF VIRTUAL REALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Virtual Reality in the Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Virtual Reality in the Present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Virtual Reality in the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF VIRTUAL REALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 New Rules of ... Myron Krueger, the scholar Howard Rheingold, and the novelist William Gibson. The technological components used in virtual reality systems include the following: video display, audio input, tactile response, interactive input, and the computer hardware and software. Although a complete compilation of all the devices involved in this arena are beyond the scope of the paper, a discussion of the general areas of equipment, along with several examples of items and companies ... environment it is then necessary to combine these devices along with interactive input devices to synthesize the perceptual stimuli into a cohesive representation of reality. This task is performed by the computer and it's software. Video Display Devices Visual perception in Human beings results from combining the information gathered by the eye with the visual cues that are interpreted by the brain (Gleitman 1986, 179). By providing the visual ...
- 302: Computer Crime: A Increasing Problem
- ... to their correct destinations. This newer method of transmission was much more efficient then the previous network control protocol (NCP), and became very popular. Corporations such as IBM and DEC began to develop TCP/IP software for numerous different platforms, and the demand for such software grew rapidly. This availability of software allowed more corporations and businesses to join the network very easily, and by 1985, ArpaNet was only a tiny portion of the newly created InterNet. Other smaller networks are also very widely used today, ...
- 303: ITT Trip Scheduling
- ... trips. They already have some computer systems, a spread sheet program and a data base management system (DBMS) which can all be used to build a small DSS. Using the DBMS and the spread sheet software I have designed a system to assist them in making decisions about scheduling trips. This system also allows them access to information about all of ITTs trips and the feedback from customers about each trip ... from the development a little to talk about the models used in the system. As stated earlier the models used in this system should be kept simple and small if possible. Using standard spread sheet software, models can be created that will show the optimal schedule for trips. The basic information required for these models should include bus schedules, reservation requirements, customer satisfaction information, and cost data. Other data can also ... what it's supposed to do. In this case the system I have designed will only require a minimum of additional resources. I designed the system to work on their existing computers using their existing software. The databases and the spreadsheet models could be built by knowledgeable employees with minimal outside help. Once constructed the system could be run and results compared with the old system to determine if it ...
- 304: Bridging Technology And Academe
- ... has constructed technology around education, and now must meet the challenge of re-building education around technology. Inventing technological-enabled education falls principally on the shoulders of university faculty, who must learn the hardware and software functionality of the new technologies, innovate educational uses that meet curriculum needs, and implement a new technology teaching paradigm for their respective disciplines. The new technology teaching paradigm is largely an autonomous, non-centralized venture ... through higher education. The four fundamental goals of this initiative are to furnish schools with modern computers to provide access to each and every student; to connect all classrooms to the Internet; to integrate educational software into the curriculum; and to provide technology preparation for teachers through the medium of higher education. In light of this governmentally directed policy direction, higher education has an obligation for providing a parallel, if not ... the higher education community through teaching and research is a trend that will likely gain more and more momentum. Most colleges and universities are building the connectivity infrastructure that will make available the hardware and software needed by faculty and students to learn about and with networked information. Beginning to think about the particular resources and applications of NITs for sociology will assist faculty in facing this challenge realistically and ...
- 305: IBM's Dominance of the Computer Industry
- ... Cary, a future president of IBM put it shortly after the release of System/360, "We don't sell a product
we sell solutions to problems." And this is exactly what they did. Often times, software would be custom tailored for a particular business's needs. IBM's greatest advantage, however, was its reputation as a service-oriented vendor. Recognizing the importance of training, the company set up programming courses to ... their time. System/360 for example, was very innovative for it's time with its compatible-family concept. This meant that upgrading a computer system would no longer require that all of a company's software be rewritten and employees retrained. But, in technological terms, the System/360 was no more than competent. For example, the proprietary technology that IBM chose, known as Solid Logic Technology, was half-way between the ... exaggerated reality. Possibly the most serious design flaw in the System/360 was its failure to support time-sharing, which enabled a machine to be used simultaneously by many users. The system also had major software shortcomings. Technology was secondary to marketing however, as IBM was able to sell far more machines than it was able to deliver. In the first two years of production, less than half of the ...
- 306: Bill Gates 2
- ... world. There are many people who admire and respect him, and then there are many that hate and despise him. Either way he has managed to develop and successfully operate one of the worlds largest software manufacturers, Microsoft. Microsoft is so successful, and has such control over the computer industry that the U.S. government is filing a lawsuit accusing claiming a monopoly. How did Bill get himself into this and ... and his computer buddy Allen decided to adapt a computer language for the Altair. When it worked 21 year old Gates dropped out of Harvard University to focus more attention on his new dream, computer software. Realizing he couldn t take on such a task by himself, he and Allen formed a partnership and called it Microsoft, not knowing that in 20 sum years they would be billionaires. They started out by selling computer software to many of the new computer manufacturers starting in the computer industry themselves. Microsoft started growing but wasn t that popular until computer giant IBM asked the two to develop an operating system for ...
- 307: Floating Point Coprocessors
- ... processor that works in parallel to the MPU (Micro Processing Unit). A system involving concurrently operating processors can be very complex, since there need to be dedicated communication paths between the processors, as well as software to divide the tasks among them. A practical multiprocessing system should be as simple as possible and require a minimum overhead in terms of both hardware and software. There are various techniques of arranging a coprocessor alongside a microprocessor. One technique is to provide the coprocessor with an instruction interpreter and program counter. Each instruction fetched from memory is examined by both the ... Motorola floating point coprocessors. Motorola Floating Point Coprocessor (FPC) 68882 The designers of the 68000-family coprocessors decided to implement coprocessors that could work with existing and future generations of microprocessors with minimal hardware and software overhead. The actual approach taken by the Motorola engineers was to tightly couple the coprocessor to the host microprocessor and to treat the coprocessor as a memory-mapped peripheral lying inside the CPU address ...
- 308: Government Intervention on the Internet
- ... uncrackable even by the FBI and NSA. The government is concerned that they will be unable to maintain the ability to conduct electronic surveillance into the digital age. To stop the spread of data encryption software, they have imposed very strict laws on its exportation. One programmer, Phil Zimmerman, wrote an encryption program he called PGP (Pretty Good Privacy). When he heard of the government's intent to ban distribution encryption software, he immediately released the program to be public for free. PGP's software is among the most powerful public encryption tool available. The government has not been totally blind by the need for encryption. The banks have sponsored an algorithm called DES, that has been used by ...
- 309: Cisc And Risc Processor Technologies
- ... philosophy made sense, and was commonly implemented in large computer systems. Most common microprocessor designs including the Intel 80x86 and Motorola 68K series also follow the CISC philosophy. As we shall see, recent changes in software and hardware technology have forced a re-examination of CISC. 3.1 Characteristics The three decisions that led to the CISC philosophy, which drove all computer designs until the late 1980s, and is still in ... than corresponding CISC designs, leading to greater leaps in performance between generations. 4.3 The Disadvantages of RISC The transition from a CISC design strategy to a RISC design strategy isn't without its problems. Software engineers should be aware of the key issues, which arise when moving code from a CISC processor to a RISC processor. 1. Code Quality The performance of a RISC processor depends greatly on the code ... and ability much more rapidly than comparable CISC designs over the next several years. These factors make RISC an irresistible choice for future product lines. Yet, since customers have a sizable investment in hardware and software, compatibility is a key word among engineers. Placing a RISC microprocessor into a system takes workstation performance at personal computer prices. This is very important in today's highly competitive market This extra power ...
- 310: Battle of the Bytes: Macintosh vs. Windows 95
- ... the ability to work with folder icons that represent directories and subdirectories in DOS. Windows 95, unlike the Mac, logically groups data and resources. A Taskbar menu lets you call up and switch between any software application at any time. Thus feature is better than the Mac's because its use is more obvious. It clearly shows what is running and allows you to switch programs with a single click of ... call up information on a local area network server or Internet site. Windows 95's plug and play system allows the operating system to read what's on your machine and automatically configure your new software that you need to install, however, this only works if the added hardware is designed to support it, and it will for a majority of hardware. All these things are major improvements, but hardware and ... comes down to this choice. Most of the choosing will go to schools because of the many using Macintosh computers, which most of Apple's money comes from. It is only recently companies that made software for PC's that got interested in making programs for educational purposes. So if you are deciding a computer. I leave you to decide this. Windows 95 or Macintosh, the choice is yours. I ...
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