Virtual Reality Resources

General

• A definition of VR
• The State of Virtual Reality : What are VR applications and devices now ?
• AFRV Blog : The French VR association’s blog (if you want to filter by english posts only, use this link).
• VResources : VR News and forum.
  
• VRoot.org : A VR news portal.
• V-Rtifacts : Archeology on VR
• Stereoscopy.com : Stereoscopy resources and news.
• Stereo3D.com : Resources and forum around stereoscopy.
• MeantToBeSeen Forum : Forum on stereoscopy.

VR Technique

• Developping VR applications : A great overview with lots of case studies.
• Le traité de la réalité virtuelle : The bible, in french.
• Stereoscopy at home : How to create your stereo environment.
  
• Stereoscopic game development : Information about how to how to use stereo in games/movies.

3D User Interfaces

• 3DUI.org : A site devoted to three-dimensional user interfaces (3D UIs) and their design, evaluation, and application.
• 3DUI.org resources: A goldmine
• 3DUI in a Nutshell : An introduction
• Contigra 3D Widgets classification
• IBM RealPlaces design guide : These guidelines present some of the key concepts and elements for use in building a 3D user environment supporting enterprise business applications– for doing real work.

VR Conferences

• IEEE VR : Online presentations  from the conference
  
• ACM VRST
• 3DUI : 3D User Interactions (Online presentations from the conference)
• CyberTherapy
• WinVR
• Laval Virtual VRIC
• Medecine Meets VR
• VR, Archeology and Cultural Heritage
• Virtual Rehabilitation
• ICDVRAT
• IVR
• ICAT
• EuroVR

Software

• Virtools
• WorldViz
• VR Juggler
• VRPN
• OpenSceneGraph
• Ogre3D
• Unity3D

Hardware Vendor / System Providers

• EDimensional
• Immersion
• Virtual Realities
• Inition
• Antycip Simulation
• EON Reality
• IC/IDO
• WorldViz

VR Philosophy

• Cyberspace in the 21st Century, by Crosbie Fitch : Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

Virtools resources

• Swap Meet : The official Virtools forum
• Alexandre Delan : En Français, tutoriaux et le forum

History

• A Critical History of Computer Graphics and Animation : Virtual Reality
• The state of VR in 1993
• Birth of the Cave
• 1980 : Tomytronics 3D
• 1994-1995 : SegaVR, Nintendo Virtual Boy