ABSTRACT
Virtual reality has developed in theworld over the last twenty years. It potentially opens up new perspectives for our society. But let’s be realistic – first of all, virtual reality creates many scientific challenges for researchers and professionals. Being aware of the immensity of the task at hand, we have participated enthusiastically in helping virtual reality in France blossom. For our part, we conducted theoretical and applied research on the interface of the subject (user interface) in a virtual environment. However, no researcher can ever have a precise, essentially interdisciplinary knowledge of all the sectors of virtual reality. We wanted other French researchers, Pascal Guitton and Guillaume Moreau, to participate in writing the book “Virtual Reality: Concepts and Technologies’’, publisher CRC Press, originally published in French as: “Le Traité de la Réalité Virtuelle’’, with 101 authors, five volumes, publisher “Les Presses des Mines’’.
