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Virtual-reality headsets / Valerie Bodden.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Modern engineering marvelsPublisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781532110917
  • 153211091X
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Virtual field trip -- Early immersion -- Head-mounted displays -- False start -- New virtual life -- Virtual revolution -- Virtual fun -- Virtual work -- Virtual future -- Tech timeline.
Summary: Virtual-reality headsets are a Modern Engineering Marvel! In this engaging title, readers will explore the history of virtual-reality immersion from the stereoscope and View-Master to flight simulators and arcade games to today's head mounted displays! Palmer Lucky and Occulus Rift are featured, and a colorful infographic shows how a virtual-reality headset works. Readers will learn about the future of virtual-reality headsets including military training and crime scene investigation. A timeline, a glossary, and an index supplement historical and color photos. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 006.8 B666 Checked out 07/09/2024 33111008681237
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Virtual-reality headsets are a Modern Engineering Marvel! In this engaging title, readers will explore the history of virtual-reality immersion from the stereoscope and View-Master to flight simulators and arcade games to today's head mounted displays! Palmer Lucky and Occulus Rift are featured, and a colorful infographic shows how a virtual-reality headset works. Readers will learn about the future of virtual-reality headsets including military training and crime scene investigation. A timeline, a glossary, and an index supplement historical and color photos. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Includes index.

Virtual field trip -- Early immersion -- Head-mounted displays -- False start -- New virtual life -- Virtual revolution -- Virtual fun -- Virtual work -- Virtual future -- Tech timeline.

Virtual-reality headsets are a Modern Engineering Marvel! In this engaging title, readers will explore the history of virtual-reality immersion from the stereoscope and View-Master to flight simulators and arcade games to today's head mounted displays! Palmer Lucky and Occulus Rift are featured, and a colorful infographic shows how a virtual-reality headset works. Readers will learn about the future of virtual-reality headsets including military training and crime scene investigation. A timeline, a glossary, and an index supplement historical and color photos. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

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