Encyclopedia of Interactive Media

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Video Conferencing  
Video Phone
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The Veldt
"The Veldt" is a science fiction tale from Ray Bradbury about two children with a virtual reality nursery.

Videoconferencing Software
Using the PC and the Internet is now more interactive than ever before. You can now hold face to face conversations with your friends or family and co-workers from around the world.
Video Games, a History of (term paper)
This paper will give the reader a brief overview of the history of video games, 1889 to Present. It begins with the Pre-Pong era, an era of simplistic interactivity and simple games. Beginning with the creation of pinball and baffle ball. The next era, the era of Pong folllows the development of one of the simplest 2-D interactive games ever created, Pong. The Post-Pong era examines the growth of two major interactive video game companies, Sega and Nintendo.
Virtual Reality, a History of
The history of modern VR is the history of the technology that makes it possible-the computer, the head-mounted display, and the data glove. It is also the history of the people and organizations that developed the technology, hardware and software, and applications for that technology. And finally, the history of VR is a history of the social use of VR technology for entertainment, education, military, and commercial purposes. This paper begins by briefly addressing the first two topics and concludes by addressing the final issue in greater detail.
Virtual Sets
Virtual reality has become very prevalent in many aspects of media; one can see elements of it in video games, TV shows, movies and even football games.  The problem that many people have with virtual reality is finding practical uses for it.  Recently, one such practical use has been discovered, the use of virtual reality TV sets.  Virtual sets can be describes as the simple act of integrating live TV personalities with a 3D virtual background. 
Virtual Reality (term paper) VoiceXML
This markup language enables voice applications by transforming the user's voice to data in a system. This data can be generated into logs and/or graphs. --more--
Voice Activated (term paper) VOIP
Voice over IP or VOIP is using IP (Internet Protocol) to transmit phone calls instead of a standard phone line on a PSTN(Public Switched Telephone Network). In essence the phone is a small computer that handles phone calls instead of computer traffic.The page describes in further detail what voice over IP is and some of the advantages of implementing the system. Also included are definitions that relate to voip and some of the uses of voip. --more--

VRML
Virtual Reality Modeling Language...

VR Photography
VR Photography (www.vrphotography.com) is an online resource for information about interactive photography, immersive imaging and photographic virtual reality (VR). A wide range of hardware and software products allow multimedia authors and photographers to create compelling interactive panoramas and object movies. --more--