Title :
Design and evaluation of an advanced virtual reality system for visualization of dentistry structures
Author :
Dias, D.R.C. ; Brega, J.R.F. ; Trevelin, L.C. ; Neto, M.P. ; Gnecco, B.B. ; de Paiva Guimaraes, Marcelo
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. Dept., Univ. Fed. de Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, Brazil
Abstract :
This paper presents the development of an application created to assist the teaching of dental structures, generate rich content information and different manners of interaction. An ontology was created to provide semantics informations for virtual models. We also used two devices gesture-based interaction: Kinect and Wii Remote. It was developed a system which use intuitive interaction, and it is able to generate three dimensional images, making the experience of teaching/learning motivating. The projection environment used by the system was called Mini CAVE.
Keywords :
biomedical education; computer aided instruction; data visualisation; dentistry; gesture recognition; human computer interaction; medical computing; ontologies (artificial intelligence); virtual reality; Kinect; Mini CAVE; Wii Remote; advanced virtual reality system design; advanced virtual reality system evaluation; content information generation; dental structure visualization; dentistry; gesture-based interaction; learning motivation; ontology creation; semantics information; teaching assistance; three dimensional image generation; virtual models; Dentistry; Java; Load modeling; Multimedia communication; Semantics; Solid modeling; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM), 2012 18th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Milan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2564-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2563-9
DOI :
10.1109/VSMM.2012.6365955