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December 29, 2004
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This screenshot from an animation shows an image from the VRD being scanned into the eye.
This screenshot from an animation shows an image from the VRD (right) being scanned point by point into the eye, and that information being passed back to the brain's visual center, where the entire image is formed.
Credit: Quin Smithwick, HIT Lab, University of Washington
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Additional information about general usage can be found in Conditions.
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