Collaborative soft object manipulation for game engine-based virtual reality surgery simulators

Marks, S; Windsor, JA; Wünsche, B

Marks, S; Windsor, JA; Wünsche, B

Abstract

In this paper we analyse and evaluate the capabilities of popular game engines to simulate and interact with soft objects. We discuss how these engines can be used for simulated surgical training applications, determine their shortcomings and make suggestions how game engines can be extended to make them more suitable for such applications.

Keywords

Game engines; Surgical simulation: Collaboration; Deformation

Date

December 7, 2007

Source

Proceedings of 22nd International Conference Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ'07), pp.205–210

Item Type

Journal Article

Publisher

University of Waikato

Publisher's Version

http://digital.liby.waikato.ac.nz/conferences/ivcnz07/papers/ivcnz07-paper38.pdf

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