Title :
A Structure to Integrate Natural Interaction into VR Systems for Education in Health
Author :
Dos Santos Ferreira, Douglas ; Machado, Liliane S.
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Tecnol. para o Ensino Virtual e Estatistica (LabTEVE), Univ. Fed. da Paraiba (UFPB), Joao Pessoa, Brazil
Abstract :
The use of virtual reality (VR) systems for education can improve the learning process in health, providing more motivation and realism to users. In general, specific devices are used to increase immersion and, in general, demand an adaptation period. Natural Interaction (NI) can provide an intuitive way to interact in VR systems since it can improve and make the communication between users and the system easier. The present work investigated NI techniques provided by VR frameworks for health. As a result, was designed a structure to integrate NI techniques into a framework.
Keywords :
biomedical education; computer aided instruction; health care; human computer interaction; medical computing; virtual reality; NI techniques; VR frameworks; VR systems; adaptation period; health education; learning process; natural Interaction; user communication; user motivation; user realism; virtual reality; Education; Mice; Multimedia communication; Nickel; Three-dimensional displays; Virtual reality; Visualization; Health Education; Natural Interaction; Optical Tracking; Virtual Reality;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual and Augmented Reality (SVR), 2013 XV Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Cuiaba
DOI :
10.1109/SVR.2013.18