• DocumentCode
    1852514
  • Title

    Low cost virtual reality for medical training

  • Author

    Mathur, Aman S.

  • Author_Institution
    Jaipur Eng. Coll. & Res. Centre, Jaipur, India
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    23-27 March 2015
  • Firstpage
    345
  • Lastpage
    346
  • Abstract
    This demo depicts a low cost virtual reality set-up that may be used for medical training and instruction purposes. Using devices such as the Oculus Rift and Razer Hydra, an immersive experience, including hand interactivity can be given. Software running on a PC integrates these devices and presents an interactive and immersive training environment, where trainees are asked to perform a mixed bag of both, simple and complex tasks. These tasks range from identification of certain organs to performing of an actual incision. Trainees learn by doing, albeit in the virtual world. Components of the system are relatively affordable and simple to use, thereby making such a set-up incredibly easy to deploy.
  • Keywords
    computer based training; human computer interaction; medical computing; virtual reality; Oculus Rift devices; Razer Hydra devices; hand interactivity; immersive training environment; interactive training environment; low cost virtual reality; medical training; virtual world; Haptic interfaces; Head; Software; Training; Virtual reality; Visualization; H.5.1 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: Multimedia Information Systems — Artificial, augmented, and virtual realities;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Virtual Reality (VR), 2015 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Arles
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VR.2015.7223437
  • Filename
    7223437