Titlte: Tutorial introduction to virtual reality: what possibilities are offered to our field?

Authors: Akira Kageyama and Nobuaki Ohno

Abstract: The virtual reality (VR) provides us a three-dimensional, immersive, and fully interactive visualization envi- ronment. To make the best use of the VRfs potential in scientific visualization, a VR visualization software named VFIVE has been developed for the CAVE-type VR system. VFIVE enables simulation researchers to analyze three- dimensional scalar and vector fields by various visualization methods including real time volume rendering iCAVEfs room sized booth. Some basic visualization tools of VTK have been integrated to VFIVE, too.