Table 1: Examples of Current VR Uses on the WWW by Category

 

Category

 of VR Use

Specific Uses

Example Websites

 

Commercial

Real Estate Sales

On-Line Auctions

Architecture Proposals

Various Products

http://www.digitalpanoramas.com/

http://www.metacreations.com/products/canoma/casestudy_1.shtml

 

Scientific

3D Data Display

Theoretical Modeling

Educational Psychology Research

http://www.vrcharts.com

http://www.chre.vt.edu/students/jogle/proj/chem101/

http://psyche.ed.vt.edu/sea_bear_island

 

Artistic

Visual Art

Dramatic Presentations

http://www.vrview.com/sacredworlds/

http://www.apple.com/creative/3d/axis/qtmovies/island.html

 

Entertainment

Theatrical Presentations

Movie Promotions

Games

Museums

http://ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu/~mreaney/

http://www.titanicmovie.com/menu.html

http://www.cai.com/cosmo/

http://www.louvre.or.jp/louvre/QTVR/anglais/index.htm

 

Educational

Museums

Historical Representations

Simulation Contexts

Situation Exploration Contexts

Data Display

Theoretical Modeling

Concrete Visual Information Presentations

Industrial/Military Training

 

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/hidden/contents.html

http://www.multimedialibrary.com/QTVR_Section/QTVR_LOC/loc.html

http://synaptic.mvc.mcc.ac.uk/simulators.html

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/vrml/qtvr.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/khufuall.html

http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/resource/VR.htm

http://cat.nyu.edu/EDGE/misc/sign.html

Web Site Structural Uses of VR

Navigation

http://saaz.lanl.gov/saazsite.mcf

Note: get the plug-in at http://www.xspace.net/hotsauce/download.html