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Book SynopsisComprehensive and in-depth overview of the fundamental principles of virtual and augmented reality technologies and their key applications Virtual and Augmented Reality presents a treatment of the hot topics of VR and AR technologies, including the advances in 3D motion tracking and semantic scene understanding with artificial intelligence based on deep neural networks, to provide advanced coverage of the fundamental principles of these two subjects, as well as serve as a reference text for both academia and industry practitioners. The book includes necessary derivations, starting from the fundamentals, and builds up step-by-step to more advanced concepts, such as 3D graphics and computer vision techniques, all the way to overall systems architectures and applications. The book also covers historical perspectives, highlighting the seminal developments along the way, as well as look ahead to the future applications beyond the current state-of-the-art commercial deployments to depict the
