From: Alain Grumbach Subject: APPS: VR classification Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 16:03:38 +0200 Message-ID: Dear real VR workers, Recently, there were several emails concerning a VR application classification : vob@artec.uni-Bremen, brundage@ipac.caltech.edu, etc. My point does not actually answer the question posed by those people, but it suggests a classification I am using in my VR course. This classification is based on the genuine benefit which is provided by the VR application to the user. It is divided into 4 categories : - VR fot acting (modifying the (real) environment) : robotics surgery - VR for designing (creating a new idea) equipment room arrangement - VR for learning (modifying (improving) our mind) driving sports medicine psychotherapy - VR for feeling (modifying our current state of mind) visiting a museum playing games, sports Most VR applications fit one (and mostly only one) of these categories. What is your feeling about this classification ? Alain Grumbach. Alain Grumbach E.N.S.T. Dept Informatique 46 rue Barrault 75634 PARIS Cedex 13 France Tel : (33) 01 45 81 78 52 Fax : (33) 01 45 81 31 19