Adding reality to the virtual

Distributed interactive simulation provides an environment for realistic participation in virtual worlds. Humans interact with the virtual world through interface devices such as switches and knobs, keyboards and mice, touch screens and data gloves. The time has come for the seamless integration of these physical, real-world human interface devices with the systems that generate and display the virtual environments. The merging of these two areas will result in virtual world experiences more realistic than any available today.>