Mr. Toma

Virtual Reality Medical Simulation to train medical students.

The following goals were defined and achieved:

  • 3D content.
  • Stereo rendering at 25fps.
  • Head and hand tracking for viewing and interaction.
  • Navigation system.
  • 3D sound effects.
  • Event scheduling incorporating user input.

The Toma Simulation runs on a computer system with NVIDIA 3D graphics card on Linux. Attached to the system are a head mounted display for 3D stereo view, a Playstation game controller, and a Flock of Birds motion tracking system.

The medical simulation was implemented with Flatland, a virtual laboratory for construction, simulation, evaluation, perception, and comprehension of complex software systems and simulation. Flatland is free. Using Flatland, development took only six months involving two programmers and two 3D artists. Flatland assists programmer by providing plugins and tools to simplify and speed up the development process.

 

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