Virtual Technologies for Business and Industrial Applications: Innovative and Synergistic Approaches

International contributors in computer science, engineering, and computer-aided manufacturing provide an overview of virtual reality concepts and technologies being used in sectors such as manufacturing, healthcare, marketing, and business. The audience for the book includes students and professionals in computer science and software design. Business models in virtual environments are demonstrated in areas such as soft-touch haptics modeling of dynamic surfaces. Augmented reality for collaborative assembly design is one of the virtual technologies described in the manufacturing sector. The book also examines virtual reality at work in the service sector, such as neuroimaging technologies. The last part of the book looks at virtual modeling and static images, with material on virtual modeling of prehistoric sites and use of topological capture techniques for modeling virtual reality. Rao is affiliated with VIT University, India. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)