In the field of

user interface In the industrial design field of human–computer interaction, a user interface (UI) is the space where interactions between humans and machines occur. The goal of this interaction is to allow effective operation and control of the machine f ...

s, an endocentric environment refers to a

virtual reality Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that employs pose tracking and 3D near-eye displays to give the user an immersive feel of a virtual world. Applications of virtual reality include entertainment (particularly video games), e ...

or some other immersive environment which is introduced directly into the user's senses (for example by using VR goggles). Systems which display a virtual reality indirectly to the user (for example by placing the viewer in a room made up entirely of

rear projection screen A video projector is an image projector that receives a video signal and projects the corresponding image on a projection screen using a lens system. Video projectors use a very bright ultra-high-performance lamp (a special mercury arc lamp), Xe ...

s) do not qualify.

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