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PRESENCE
2007
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The Benefit of Force Feedback in Surgery: Examination of Blunt Dissection
—Force feedback is widely assumed to enhance performance in robotic surgery, but its benefits have not yet been systematically assessed. In this study we examine the effects of f...
Christopher R. Wagner, Nicholas Stylopoulos, Patri...
PRESENCE
2007
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Correction of Location and Orientation Errors in Electromagnetic Motion Tracking
We describe a method for calibrating an electromagnetic motion tracking device. Algorithms for correcting both location and orientation data are presented. In particular we use a ...
John G. Hagedorn, Steven G. Satterfield, John T. K...
PRESENCE
2007
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TimbreFields: 3D Interactive Sound Models for Real-Time Audio
We describe a methodology for Virtual Reality designers to capture and resynthesize the variations in sound made by objects when we interact with them through contact such as touc...
Richard Corbett, Kees van den Doel, John E. Lloyd,...
PRESENCE
2007
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Causal Perception in Virtual Reality and its Implications for Presence Factors
Causality is an important aspect of how we construct reality. Yet, while many psychological phenomena have been studied in their relation to virtual reality (VR), very little work...
Marc Cavazza, Jean-Luc Lugrin, Marc Buehner
PRESENCE
2007
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The Body Surface as a Communication System: The State of the Art after 50 Years
The suggestion that the body surface might be used as an additional means of presenting information to human-machine operators has been around in the literature for nearly 50 year...
Alberto Gallace, Hong Z. Tan, Charles Spence
PRESENCE
2007
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Design and Evaluation of a Real-World Virtual Environment for Architecture and Urban Planning
George Drettakis, Maria Roussou, Alex Reche Martin...
PRESENCE
2007
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Perceived Instability of Virtual Haptic Texture: III. Effect of Update Rate
This study investigates the effect of update rate on the quality of haptic virtual textures, with the goal to develop a guideline for choosing an optimal update rate for haptic te...
Seungmoon Choi, Hong Z. Tan
PRESENCE
2007
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Haptic Feedback in a Telepresence System for Endoscopic Heart Surgery
The implementation of telemanipulator systems for cardiac surgery enabled heart surgeons to perform delicate minimally invasive procedures with high precision under stereoscopic v...
Hermann Georg Mayer, Istvan Nagy, Alois Knoll, Eva...