| 3D glasses | | | | The National Oceanic and Atmospheric |
| 3D glasses virtually shape our environment. | | | | Administration ( reports oceanographers and |
| Engineers, Builders, Artists, and Doctors are just a | | | | atmospheric scientists being able to use 3D |
| few of the professions that rely on 3D glasses to | | | | glasses to enter the virtual reality of |
| shape our world. Philosophers and Scientist argue | | | | environmental changes in the sea and sky. Urban |
| whether we are already living in a virtual world. 3D | | | | Planners use 3D computer images and 3D models, |
| glasses are not yet a household staple (although | | | | but they use 3D glasses to produce a virtual |
| many gamers may state they are!), but 3D | | | | experience of actually navigating within the cities |
| glasses certainly have that potential. | | | | they design. |
| 3D glasses have evolved from a mere | | | | Using immersive virtual reality techniques from an |
| entertainment novelty to a necessary piece of | | | | array of sources may someday be streamlined to |
| equipment in life-saving applications. The military | | | | produce the same effect using only 3D Glasses. |
| uses 3D glasses from the harsh realities of battle | | | | The potential of a vision being provided that we |
| simulation to the more practical applications of | | | | otherwise would be excluded from due to our |
| mechanical repair. Doctors use 3D glasses to | | | | physiology opens the door to improvements in |
| simulate laparoscopic surgery, which involves | | | | areas that previously would have been |
| invasive techniques with limited vision to the | | | | inaccessible. Similar to how doctors and machinists |
| surgical area. NASA uses 3D glasses in aerospace | | | | can now enter a body or machine using |
| research. Automotive industries use 3D Glasses to | | | | immersive virtual reality, putting on a pair of |
| test and improve vehicle safety in a variety of | | | | streamlined 3D Glasses could allow the average |
| circumstances. Industries in all categories are using | | | | populations decipher problems for themselves. In |
| 3D Glasses to increase production. The virtual | | | | its most simplistic uses, they could be used to |
| reality that is produced by the 3D Glasses in | | | | determine exactly which part of the washing |
| combination with other external sensory | | | | machine isn't working, or if the roast in the oven |
| equipment and techniques is the system that is | | | | is done to completion. More advanced 3D Glasses |
| producing far-reaching effects in the environment | | | | have the potential of letting a mother determine if |
| we live in today. | | | | a bone is broken, or if a virus exists in a child. |
| Immersive virtual reality using 3D Glasses and | | | | Even today, 3D glasses are being explored to |
| other sensory material is quickly becoming popular | | | | improve the eyesight that naturally decreases |
| with geo-physicists. Using a combination of | | | | with age. |
| advanced 3D simulation techniques, scientists can | | | | 3D Glasses are not yet a household word, but |
| virtually "enter" the earth. Immersive virtual reality | | | | with the fast progressing world of virtual reality |
| is used by oil well drilling companies - allowing the | | | | and the lowering cost of computer application, it's |
| scientist to enter the scenarios that the data | | | | not impossible for 3D Glasses to be a household |
| produces, witnessing first hand seismic data and | | | | staple in the future. |
| the effect of its movements on land and water. | | | | |