What is the distinction between virtual reality and artificial reality?
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I believe artificial refers to simulated enviorments such as astronauts training underwater to emulate the effects of space. Where virtual refers to experiments that happen entirely with in a computer such as some of the new crash test programs.
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not necessarily...it is simulating intelligence in general. It means the Artificial entity is able to learn, reason, gain cognitive abilities, adapt, and so on. Humans have all of these abilities, but a machine could possibly do all of these things (providing they have A.I.) faster and more efficient, surpassing human intelligence quickly.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is defined as intelligence exhibited by an artificial entity. Such a system is generally assumed to be a computer.\n\nAlthough AI has a strong science fiction connotation, it forms a vital branch of computer science, dealing with intelligent behavior, learning and adaptation in machines. Research in AI is concerned with producing machines to automate tasks requiring intelligent behavior. Examples include control, planning and scheduling, the ability to answer diagnostic and consumer questions, handwriting, speech, and facial recognition. As such, it has become a scientific discipline, focused on providing solutions to real life problems. AI systems are now in routine use in economics, medicine, engineering and the military, as well as being built into many common home computer software applications, traditional strategy games like computer chess and other video games.
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Im hoping it will be all touch screen for both the internet and home computers. I hope they make everything virtual where you never have to type and you can just put on a helmet and enter a virtual world where all you need to do is point and make a few hand gestures to program and create projects. How cool would it be to just talk and have the computer actually TYPE the words for you? We have that now, but they are not very reliable. They need to perfect it.
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Virtual paper/documents that I can touch and move physically with my hands as opposed to using a mouse or keyboard. You can see something like it in the Tom Cruise movie "Minority Report."
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A virtual machine is a program running on a computer that creates a self-contained operating environment and presents the appearance to the user of a different computer. A virtual machine simulates at a minimum the instruction set of the computer it emulates.\n\nA virtual memory is a technique for creating the illusion that a computer has more memory than it really has by swapping blocks or pages of data between memory and external storage.
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As opposed to artificial?
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Virtual Reality - almost there so this is most likely.\nBrain Transplants are currently too tricky.\n\nAlien Encounters would be cool - this is what I would like most. It would make veryone on Earth get along a bit better.
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about the second life... u have also references to this in hindu religious scriptures...i dont think anything as second life does exist...these r just fairytale fantasies...wat do u feel???
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Most of the information in this guide applies to all video cameras whether they are digital or analog. Analog is the term used for all older style video cameras, recorders and players. The main feature of analog representations is that they are continuous. Digital representations consist of values measured at discrete intervals. These intervals can be so short as to simulate continuous movement.\n~~~Logigly  video images comes from a tape or memory card~~~\n~~~if you wish to understand the difference between Analog and digital video you must first understand the diference between those who created them (CAMERS) the difference between a digital and a analog camera~~~\nForm more documentetion Just CLick the link below:
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http://www.virtual-environments.net/benefits.html
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In Web 1.0, online stuff is planned, designed, organised and rolled-out from a webmaster/broadcaster point of view. Users vote with their feet, just like TV: they visit or they don't visit.\n  In Web 2.0, online stuff is created by users and is somehow auto-regulated to make a collective wisdom emerge from individual mess (reputation on ebay, leaderboard in Yahoo Answers, etc.).\n\nSome argue that only with Web 2.0 are the unique possibilities of the media fully exploited. Same way Cinema initially looked like filmed plays before directors realised the full potential of editing and FX.
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They discuss things while in the world of Second Life.
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Computer Graphics can give us a clear view of the things you need to know fully.For example you can simulate an environment in which every thing happens like real using the computer graphics so graphics can make you feel things virtually real.
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Virtual means not real. The image formed in the mirror is not real image.\n\nWhen the mirror is hanging in the wall behind the mirror there is wall only. But it appears as though there are objects behind the mirror. In real there is nothing except the wall.\n\nLight ray appear to come from the image. That is why they are called virtual image.\n\nOn the other hand there are real images, even though they are images.\n\nIn Cinema Theater, on the screen images are formed. These images are real images.\n\nIf the screen is moved to front or back, the images will be blurred. These images are formed only on that spot. They are real images.
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when everyone start buying properties in Second Life, a virtual environment 3D space residing here on the web !!!
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http://www.seeingwithsound.com/etumble.htm\nhttp://www.howstuffworks.com/artificial-vision.htm\nhttp://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.09/vision.html