Books

Official IVR lecture textbook

• Networked Virtual Environments / Design and Implementation
  by Sandeep Singhal and Michael Zyda / Ed : ACM Press, Addison-Welsey

First Edition, 1999 / ISBN 0-201-32557-8
Around 55 US$

Web 3D

• Core Web3D
  by Aaron E. Walsh and Mikaël Bourges-Sévenier / Ed : Prentice Hall PTR

VRML, Java3D, MPEG4 and X3D
First Edition, 2001 / ISBN 0-13-085728-9

Computer Graphics

• See the Computer Graphics Lecture book list

Virtual Reality

• Le traité de la réalité virtuelle
  By Philippe Fuchs, Guillaume Moreau, Jean-Paul Papin
  Préfacé par Alain Berthoz, Professeur au Collège de France

Still in French, BUT, free download for students
First Edition, 2001 / ISBN : 2-911762-34-7
540 pages, 16X24 cm, 100 Euros (655,96 FF)
Prix spécial Internet : 95 Euros (623,16 FF)

• Essential Virtual Reality Fast
  By John Vince / Ed : Springer-Verlag Press,

I haven't read it, and am waiting for your comments
First printed: 1998 / ISBN : 1-85233-012-0
192 pages   £16.95, €27.45, $32.95 http://www.essential-series.com/essential_virtual_reality.htm

• Understanding Virtual Reality : Interface, Application, and Design
  By William Sherman, Alan Craig

An excellent one. At least a recent book talking about VR. My recommendation as a second textbook if you want a second one
September 2002
576 pages
US$ 69.95
ISBN 1-55860-353-0

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