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FBIT
2007
IEEE
15 years 4 months ago
An Efficient Soft Tissue Characterization Method for Haptic Rendering of Soft Tissue Deformation in Medical Simulation
The modeling of soft tissue behavior is essential in haptic rendering for virtual reality based medical simulators, which provide a safe and objective medium for training medical ...
Bummo Ahn, Jung Kim
AVI
2008
15 years 2 days ago
Balancing physical and digital properties in mixed objects
Mixed interactive systems seek to smoothly merge physical and digital worlds. In this paper we focus on mixed objects that take part in the interaction. Based on our Mixed Interac...
Céline Coutrix, Laurence Nigay
ICHIM
2001
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14 years 11 months ago
From Dust to Stardust: A Collaborative 3D Virtual Museum of Computer Science
One of the outcomes of Moore's Law - according to which the exponential growth of technical advances in computer science is pushing more and more of our computers into obsole...
Thimoty Barbieri, Franca Garzotto, Giovanni Beltra...
CHI
2010
ACM
15 years 4 months ago
Social gravity: a virtual elastic tether for casual, privacy-preserving pedestrian rendezvous
We describe a virtual “tether” for mobile devices that allows groups to have quick, simple and privacy-preserving meetups. Our design provides cues which allow dynamic coordin...
John Williamson, Simon Robinson, Craig Stewart, Ro...
PRESENCE
2008
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14 years 9 months ago
Pilot Evaluation Study of a Virtual Paracentesis Simulator for Skill Training and Assessment: The Beneficial Effect of Haptic Di
Effective, real-time training of health care professionals in invasive procedures is a challenging task. Furthermore, assessing in practice the acquisition of the dexterity and sk...
Costas S. Tzafestas, Kostas Birbas, Yiannis Koumpo...