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Desktop VR

Desktop VR uses a computer monitor as display and a PC Graphics Workstation to provide graphical interface for users. Additionally gesture input device and/or Haptic devices can be used for intuitive interaction in the virtual world. It is cost-effective when compared to the immersive VR as it does not require any expensive hardware and software and is also relatively easy to develop. Although they lack the immersion quality, they consist of computer-generated environments which exist in 3 dimensions (even if they are shown on a 2D display).

Desktop application can be used to see a stereoscopic 3D view, on a regular monitor, through the use of special software and 3D goggles. Because the worlds exist in 3 dimensions, users can freely navigate in 3 dimensions around in the worlds. Flight simulators are examples, where participants «fly» though models of real or fantasy worlds, watching the world on a 2D screen.

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