Deck 8: XR: Inside of Media, Inside the Mind

Question 1

Virtual media draw upon visual arts, literature, music, videogames, film, and more.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The visual component of VR is crucial to VR, but the audio component isn't really important.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The idea behind flight simulators is key to the development of VR: that media can simulate an experience.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

When considering VR, presence is the same as immersion.

Question 5

Haptic technology in VR is touch/force/motion-based.

Question 6

The inventor of Pokémon Go ran a successful Kickstarter campaign for funding.

Question 7

Google (Google Cardboard) and Samsung (Samsung Gear) were early players in the drive to bring VR/AR technology to the masses.

Question 8

The Oculus Quest uses camera tracking to allow users to have the option of using no controllers whatsoever.

Question 9

Google Glass is a prime example of early full VR.

Question 10

Several big MR companies are counting on users who want to have a destination experience, and do something they could never do at home.

Question 11

VR "nerve tracking" technology tests how far users are able to push past their fears to enter virtual dangerous situations.

Question 12

XR is being used for training, education, and healthcare.

Question 13

Facebook has announced plans to virtually recreate the world for users of its new technology by datamining geographic phototagged data.

Question 14

VR is able to fully model multifaceted sensory experiences such as handling guns, feeling textures, and sensing temperatures.

Question 15

XR is unlikely to generate any ethical or legal concerns.

Question 16

Which of these is the blanket term for technologies involving a combination of computer-generated and real-world environments?

A)AR (augmented reality)
B)AV (augmented virtuality)
C)MR (mixed reality)
D)XR (extended reality, or cross reality)

Question 17

HMD stands for

A)hand/mano detail
B)head mounted displays
C)human machine diffusion
D)home made devices

Question 18

Morton Heilig's Sensorama incorporated _____ into the user's experience.

A)smell
B)vibration
C)wind
D)all of the above

Question 19

Ivan E.Sutherland's "Ultimate Display" theorized:

A)a device to create stereoscopic sound
B)a computer that can control matter itself
C)a 3D video projector
D)a small, portable, realistic display

Question 20

Because of "homuncular flexibility,":

A)users of virtual reality can experience motion sickness
B)humans can become addicted to virtual reality
C)humans can adapt to the control of nonhuman bodies in virtual reality
D)all of the above

Question 21

The "________" refers to a period from about 2000-2012, when there was relatively little commercial development in virtuality.

A)millennial lull
B)VR winter
C)hiatus
D)freeze

Question 22

______ is a facsimile created by a computer.

A)interactivity
B)presence
C)simulation
D)immersion

Question 23

One component of ______ includes the individual subjectivity of the user.

A)interactivity
B)presence
C)haptics
D)simulation

Question 24

Presence, interactivity, and ________ are fundamental components of mixed reality.

A)haptics
B)subjectivity
C)simulation
D)immersion

Question 25

Which of these is the best way to understand full virtual reality?

A)being inside the frame
B)being outside the frame
C)obliteration of the frame
D)replacing the frame

Question 26

Room-scale tracking:
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A)registers users' movements
B)allows broad freedom of movement
C)was introduced to the iPhone with the release of iOS 12
D)both A & B

Question 27

VR content distributors include:

A)Valve's Steam
B)Sony's PlayStation Store
C)YouTube
D)all of the above

Question 28

"_____" controllers allow naturalistic movements along axes including left/right, yaw, roll, up/down, forward/back, and pitch.

A)steamer
B)6DoF
C)axillary
D)immersive

Question 29

Microsoft's HoloLens allows users to view and move freely in the real world while interacting with virtual images and sounds.The HoloLens is

A)an example of mixed reality
B)intended for consumer applications
C)meant to prevent proprioception
D)all of the above

Question 30

Companies hoping to capitalize on MR include

A)The Void, with access to Disney intellectual property
B)Dreamscape Immersive, with access to DreamWorks intellectual property
C)Be There Now, with access to Marvel and Warner Brothers intellectual property
D)Both A & B

Question 31

Which of the following are applications of XR technologies?

A)military
B)scientific
C)educational
D)all of the above

Question 32

The human faculty making XR therapy so compelling is:

A)neuroplasticity
B)immersive magnetism
C)proprioception
D)phobias

Question 33

Virtual reality therapy is promising in the treatment of:

A)PTSD
B)neurological damage from strokes
C)Both A & B
D)none of the above

Question 34

CineVR, or cinematic virtual reality, is also known as:

A)full view video
B)360° video
C)HMD video
D)none of the above

Question 35

Potential ethical challenges of VR include

A)privacy concerns
B)virtual crime and bullying
C)both A & B
D)none of the above