I’ve been thinking about the decades old promises of virtual reality and how my graduate students have responded to their first experiences with Second Life and thought that an info-graphic break down of virtual reality might help us approach the subject with less anxiety or frustration. It really comes down to thinking of the ol’ “right tool for the right job” mindset. BTW, this infographic/presentation was created with Piktochart. I’ll have a link to tool & presentation at the end of this post. Enjoy.
6 Levels Toward Virtual Worlds 
“The class room” by Ramona.Forcella – Creative Commons/Attribution Some rights reserved, http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramona538/8704930664/ 
Virtual Worlds – Level 0 
Virtual Worlds – Level 1 – Asynchronous Communication – Mail analogy 
Virtual Worlds – Level 2 – Analogous Communication – Non-Visual – In the same building/not the same room analogy 
Virtual Worlds – Level 3 – Telepresence Communication – Visual – In the same room analogy 
Levels 1 through 3 
Virtual Worlds – Level 4 – Visual/Auditory Immersion – Computer Generated Environment KMI 
Virtual Worlds – Level 4 – Visual/Auditory Immersion – Computer Generated Environment KMI 
Virtual Worlds – Level 5 – Unidirectional Physical Immersion – CGE mimicking physical actions 
Virtual Worlds – Level 6 – Multidirectional Physical Immersion – CGE mimicking physical experience 
Link to Piktochart presentation: https://magic.piktochart.com/output/2173132-6-levels-towards-virtual-reality
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