Immersive Projection Technology. Benefits for the industry

The use of Virtual Reality in industry is connected with high expectations. To meet these expectations, the different tasks transferred to VR systems had to be chosen with respect to the different characteristics of the Immersive Projection Technology (IPT) systems. The needs and reasons for using VR and especially the task-specific requirements that favor IPT systems and their characteristics will be discussed in this paper. Some examples of VR-applications based on IPT systems describe the present state of research at the Fraunhofer IAO.