Development of virtual environments for surgical simulation, using newly available haptic interface and stereoscopic technologies, is a major challenge. Computer haptics simulates human sense of touch. Stereoscopy simulates our natural depth perception, unlike technologies that display 3D information in a flat 2D environment. Integration of these two senses enhances sense of realism. Thus by coupling force-feedback (or haptic) devices with a stereoscopic display, results in the illusion of being "inside" a virtual world, by being able to "see" and "feel" 3D virtual environment.The PC/NT based solution presented in this paper, offers a developer an inexpensive, easy-to-use technique for generating stereoscopic-haptic environment. This solution can transform the virtual environment from a flat, formless 2D experience to a more realistic and solid 3D experience. Our initial application will be to make 3D organ models from a reproductive age woman (Lucy 2.0) stereoscopic haptic.
Index Terms:
Haptic Interface, Sereoscopic, Virtual Environment, Surgical simulation
Citation:
Kirk Watson, Bharti Temkin, Wm. LeRoy Heinrichs, Thomas M. Krummel, Paul J. Gorman, "Development of Stereoscopic-Haptic Virtual Environments," cbms, pp.29, 12th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS'99), 1999