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		<title>#SXSW2019 &#8211; Feeling Real Sensations in Virtual Reality</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The world of Ready Player One might be a lot closer than we think. At South by Southwest, Tech Trends &#8230; <a class="kt-excerpt-readmore" href="https://techtrends.tech/tech-trends/sxsw2019-feeling-real-sensations-in-vr/" aria-label="#SXSW2019 &#8211; Feeling Real Sensations in Virtual Reality">Read More</a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><strong>The world of Ready Player One might be a lot closer than we think. At South by Southwest, Tech Trends checks out the <a href="https://www.freethink.com/videos/haptic-suit">haptic suit</a> that promises to take immersion to the next level. </strong></em></p>
<blockquote><p>By Laura Kobylecky</p></blockquote>
<hr /><p><em>The Telasuit looks like something straight out of science fiction film. It’s sleek and form-fitting. It’s the virtual reality body suit that people might imagine when they think of such things</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D13443&#038;text=The%20Telasuit%20looks%20like%20something%20straight%20out%20of%20science%20fiction%20film.%20It%E2%80%99s%20sleek%20and%20form-fitting.%20It%E2%80%99s%20the%20virtual%20reality%20body%20suit%20that%20people%20might%20imagine%20when%20they%20think%20of%20such%20things&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>SXSW extends like an octopus across the central downtown area, in this case to a restaurant just outside the Austin Convention Center, which has been transformed into a showcase for the innovations of Accenture, a management consulting company with global reach.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://teslasuit.io/">Teslasuit </a>is on display. It is, according to the company, &#8220;the world&#8217;s first highly integrated smart clothing apparel that includes haptic feedback, motion capture, climate control, and other systems”. Haptic feedback is the technology that allows users to actually “feel” a digital environment. Wearing the suit lets you interact with that environment and “become the natural full-body controller at the same time.”</p>
<p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="wp-image-13451 aligncenter" src="https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Teslasuit-South-by-Southwest-Virtual-Reality-Haptics-900x1200.jpg" alt="Teslasuit South by Southwest Virtual Reality Haptics" width="393" height="524" srcset="https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Teslasuit-South-by-Southwest-Virtual-Reality-Haptics.jpg 900w, https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Teslasuit-South-by-Southwest-Virtual-Reality-Haptics-113x150.jpg 113w, https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Teslasuit-South-by-Southwest-Virtual-Reality-Haptics-768x1024.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px" /></p>
<p>I spoke with Dimitri Mikhalchuk, Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer, to learn more. The project started out with a desire to make an “immersive suit” suit for gaming in virtual reality. Sergei Nossoff, the Chief Technology Officer was “nineteen when he conceived the idea of building the suit”</p>
<blockquote><p>The team originally wanted to make a “5d cinema cabin,” it’s a theme park-style attraction where “you can see the graphics flying onto you” and have other physical elements added to the experience. Mikhalchuk explains that, despite those features, “you’re still in a box and if you look the wrong way you’ll miss things.”</p></blockquote>
<p><img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-13449 aligncenter" src="https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Teslasuit-South-by-Southwest-Virtual-Reality-Haptics3.jpg" alt="Teslasuit South by Southwest Virtual Reality Haptics" width="700" height="500" srcset="https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Teslasuit-South-by-Southwest-Virtual-Reality-Haptics3.jpg 700w, https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Teslasuit-South-by-Southwest-Virtual-Reality-Haptics3-150x107.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></p>
<p>They wanted to &#8216;make it better&#8217;. The idea behind the Teslasuit was to bring sensations to the skin surface so that you can&#8217;t miss them even if you do look away.</p>
<p>They started working on the Teslasuit as a full-body experience. As the project developed, so did their goals in order to “provide the level of immersiveness” that they wanted, they expanded their project and added biometric feedback and motion capture to actually learn about how the user is standing. Different poses have different effects on the muscles and skin and they wanted to be able to capture that data as well.</p>
<hr /><p><em>The idea behind the Teslasuit was to bring sensations to the skin surface so that you can&#039;t miss them even if you do look away.</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D13443&#038;text=The%20idea%20behind%20the%20Teslasuit%20was%20to%20bring%20sensations%20to%20the%20skin%20surface%20so%20that%20you%20can%27t%20miss%20them%20even%20if%20you%20do%20look%20away.&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13445" src="https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Teslasuit-South-by-Southwest-Virtual-Reality-Haptics6.jpg" alt="Teslasuit South by Southwest Virtual Reality Haptics" width="802" height="659" srcset="https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Teslasuit-South-by-Southwest-Virtual-Reality-Haptics6.jpg 802w, https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Teslasuit-South-by-Southwest-Virtual-Reality-Haptics6-150x123.jpg 150w, https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Teslasuit-South-by-Southwest-Virtual-Reality-Haptics6-768x631.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px" /></p>
<hr /><p><em>They started working on the Teslasuit as a full-body experience</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D13443&#038;text=They%20started%20working%20on%20the%20Teslasuit%20as%20a%20full-body%20experience&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>They were developing hardware and software in conjunction so they could really understand how it would work together. They have a wide variety of talent in the company, working in small teams to solve the many problems that such a complex endeavor brings. &#8220;There are “double PhD biomechanical scientists. We have scientists in neurology. We have scientists in chemistry and materials, fabrics, you name it. Fashion designers, graphics designers, 3d designers, there are loads of people there,” says Mikhalchuk, emphasizing that teamwork and communication are a huge part of their company culture and that, despite the varied teams, people are kept in the loop on all that is happening.</p>
<blockquote><p>Although it started as a gaming suit “The more we developed it, the more we saw it’s not actually a gaming suit, it shouldn’t really be a gaming suit as such. It can support games, but there’s so much more it can be used for.”</p></blockquote>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13450" src="https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Teslasuit-South-by-Southwest-Virtual-Reality-Haptics2.jpg" alt="Teslasuit South by Southwest Virtual Reality Haptics" width="744" height="389" srcset="https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Teslasuit-South-by-Southwest-Virtual-Reality-Haptics2.jpg 744w, https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Teslasuit-South-by-Southwest-Virtual-Reality-Haptics2-150x78.jpg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px" /></p>
<hr /><p><em>Different poses have different effects on the muscles and skin and they wanted to be able to capture that data as well</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D13443&#038;text=Different%20poses%20have%20different%20effects%20on%20the%20muscles%20and%20skin%20and%20they%20wanted%20to%20be%20able%20to%20capture%20that%20data%20as%20well&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>The Minimum Viable Product was completed at the end of 2015. Mikhalchuk calls it “Teslasuit version zero&#8230; it was just a proof of concept that worked,” he recalls. It was at that point when they started “looking for funding and trying to set up a company.” Three or four months ago they started working with Accenture. Since they were “working on enterprise level-projects, obviously Accenture has the capacity to facilitate a global rollout, so it made sense to partner up.”</p>
<hr /><p><em>Sports are all about specific, precise, techniques and when you are told, verbally, how to correct yourself, sometimes it’s very difficult to figure it out in 3d in multiple planes. - That’s where the Teslasuit could be of use</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D13443&#038;text=Sports%20are%20all%20about%20specific%2C%20precise%2C%20techniques%20and%20when%20you%20are%20told%2C%20verbally%2C%20how%20to%20correct%20yourself%2C%20sometimes%20it%E2%80%99s%20very%20difficult%20to%20figure%20it%20out%20in%203d%20in%20multiple%20planes.%20-%20That%E2%80%99s%20where%20the%20Teslasuit%20could%20be%20of%20use&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>The development of the suit was a journey. The fabric itself was an achievement. According to Mikhalchuk, they “were not happy with what was off the shelf.” They needed something breathable, but also conductive. Conductive fabric is dense so they “moved away from the conductive threads that were being advertised because they didn’t provide enough of what we needed.”</p>
<p>While, for proprietary reasons, exact details of the fabric are limited, it is described as “smart textile.” Their website explains that the “smart textile transfers sensations from the virtual world to the human body through tiny electrical impulses controlled by an on-board mini-computer (Control Unit).” The “haptic feedback system” creates sensations for users. These sensations include “soft touch,” “heavy and light impact,” and “rain or wind-blowing.”</p>
<hr /><p><em>The development of the Teslasuit was a journey. The fabric itself was an achievement.</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D13443&#038;text=The%20development%20of%20the%20Teslasuit%20was%20a%20journey.%20The%20fabric%20itself%20was%20an%20achievement.&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13446" src="https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Teslasuit-South-by-Southwest-Virtual-Reality-Haptics7.jpg" alt="Teslasuit South by Southwest Virtual Reality Haptics" width="737" height="628" srcset="https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Teslasuit-South-by-Southwest-Virtual-Reality-Haptics7.jpg 737w, https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Teslasuit-South-by-Southwest-Virtual-Reality-Haptics7-150x128.jpg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px" /></p>
<hr /><p><em>The Teslasuit could point out technique errors right when they happen and allow for the user to fix their movement</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D13443&#038;text=The%20Teslasuit%20could%20point%20out%20technique%20errors%20right%20when%20they%20happen%20and%20allow%20for%20the%20user%20to%20fix%20their%20movement&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>Mikhalchuk describes some of the more specific use cases for the Teslasuit, such as sports training. He says that sports are all about specific, precise, techniques and explains that “when you are told, verbally, how to correct yourself, sometimes it’s very difficult to figure it out in 3d in multiple planes.” That’s where the Teslasuit could be of use.</p>
<p>The suit could track where a person “makes an error and excite the muscles to augment the error.” So if you start to swing wrong it can “activate the biceps that open up your arm” and it would seem like “an invisible force is pulling.” This would draw your attention to the exact point of error with the exaggerated moment and allow the user to make the necessary corrections. The Teslasuit could point out technique errors right when they happen and allow for the user to fix their movement.</p>
<p>Mikhalchuk also describes a scenario where the user could step into the body of an avatar in a virtual landscape. They could then repeat movements that are shown in that virtual world.</p>
<hr /><p><em>They have already started engaging universities for their research in rehabilitation</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D13443&#038;text=They%20have%20already%20started%20engaging%20universities%20for%20their%20research%20in%20rehabilitation&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13448" src="https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Teslasuit-South-by-Southwest-Virtual-Reality-Haptics4.jpg" alt="Teslasuit South by Southwest Virtual Reality Haptics" width="700" height="500" srcset="https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Teslasuit-South-by-Southwest-Virtual-Reality-Haptics4.jpg 700w, https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Teslasuit-South-by-Southwest-Virtual-Reality-Haptics4-150x107.jpg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></p>
<hr /><p><em>If you wore a device like this all the time, it could be used to predict some medical conditions, like heart attacks, by tracking biofeedback</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D13443&#038;text=If%20you%20wore%20a%20device%20like%20this%20all%20the%20time%2C%20it%20could%20be%20used%20to%20predict%20some%20medical%20conditions%2C%20like%20heart%20attacks%2C%20by%20tracking%20biofeedback&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>The Teslasuit could also have medical applications. Mikhalchuk explains that they have “already started engaging universities for their research in rehabilitation. He has visions of using the Teslasuit in “post-neural surgery rehabilitation,” or other recovery situations that require similar stimulus. He explains that taking the Teslasuit home for therapy could “make an inpatient into an outpatient, so people don’t have to stay at the hospital.”</p>
<p>He also has visions of a scaled-back version, possibly a T-shirt that could be worn more constantly. According to Mikhalchuk, if you wore a device like this all the time, it could be used to predict some medical conditions, like heart attacks, by tracking biofeedback. He speculates that this suit could serve as a diagnostic tool for far-off places where people might not have access to other services.</p>
<blockquote><p>At the moment, these are ideas for the future. According to Mikhalchuk, there is a “new version coming out at CES next year&#8230;so come January we’re gonna have something more interesting.”</p></blockquote>
<h5>The current specs on the Teslasuit are:</h5>
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<li>A Haptic feedback system, Motion capture system, a Climate control system and Wireless (Bluetooth or Wi-Fi). It has a rechargeable long-life battery and comes in sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL, and XXXL.</li>
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<hr /><p><em>The Teslasuit could also have medical applications</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D13443&#038;text=The%20Teslasuit%20could%20also%20have%20medical%20applications&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<blockquote><p>Laura Kobylecky is a writer. She is particularly interested in new and emerging technology and culture. Connect with her on <a href="http://linkedin.com/in/laurakobylecky">LinkedIn </a></p></blockquote>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>  These are definitely the VR powers you’re looking for… It was only a matter of time. In fact, I’m &#8230; <a class="kt-excerpt-readmore" href="https://techtrends.tech/tech-trends/moving-virtual-objects-like-a-jedi/" aria-label="Moving Virtual Objects Like a Jedi">Read More</a></p>
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<p><strong><em>These are definitely the VR powers you’re looking for…</em></strong></p>
<p>It was only a matter of time. In fact, I’m a bit surprised it took this long, but researchers at Virginia Tech have put their brains to good use and come up with a way for ordinary mortals to replicate the telekinetic powers of a Jedi in Virtual Reality.</p>
<hr /><p><em>The Force Push technique developed at Virginia Tech gives users the ability to move faraway objects with &#039;Yoda-like calm, nuance, and focus&#039;</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D12232&#038;text=The%20Force%20Push%20technique%20developed%20at%20Virginia%20Tech%20gives%20users%20the%20ability%20to%20move%20faraway%20objects%20with%20%27Yoda-like%20calm%2C%20nuance%2C%20and%20focus%27&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>The recently developed technique is called Force Push, and it gives users the ability to move faraway objects with “Yoda-like calm, nuance, and focus” using an approach for remote object manipulation in VR. Users employ their bare hands using a natural gesture-to-action mapping for object manipulation in a VR setting, using subtle hand gestures to push, pull, or twirl objects.</p>
<blockquote><p>“You basically push the object in the direction you want it to move to, just like in Star Wars when the Jedi masters try to move an object that’s placed remotely, they can push or pull it,” said Run Yu, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science and the Institute for Creativity, Technology, and the Arts. Yu also authored a recently published paper in Frontiers in ICT detailing the research.</p></blockquote>
<p>And although the fun factor and Star Wars association are surely enough to justify any number of grant hours dedicated to such pursuits, there are practical applications that also makes this technology rather attractive.</p>
<hr /><p><em>I’m surprised it took this long for researchers to come up with a way for ordinary mortals to replicate the telekinetic powers of a Jedi in Virtual Reality</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D12232&#038;text=I%E2%80%99m%20surprised%20it%20took%20this%20long%20for%20researchers%20to%20come%20up%20with%20a%20way%20for%20ordinary%20mortals%20to%20replicate%20the%20telekinetic%20powers%20of%20a%20Jedi%20in%20Virtual%20Reality&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>What we’re currently stuck with in most forms of VR are versions of what is effectively a 3D mouse. This is something that I find incredibly awkward at times, and there has been many an occation when I couldn’t get the pointer to do what I wanted or go where I willed it to, or when an object stubbornly refused to move because I forgot the right combinations of buttons to push in order to grab or release it. And of course this is all much more likely to happen in the most inconvenient and crucial moments of a demo or experience.</p>
<hr /><p><em> The HoloLens interface always did make me feel a bit like a wizard (or witch) in a Harry Potter movie, as your incantations and movements prompt the holograms to do your bidding</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D12232&#038;text=%20The%20HoloLens%20interface%20always%20did%20make%20me%20feel%20a%20bit%20like%20a%20wizard%20%28or%20witch%29%20in%20a%20Harry%20Potter%20movie%2C%20as%20your%20incantations%20and%20movements%20prompt%20the%20holograms%20to%20do%20your%20bidding&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-12233" src="https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Tech-Trends-Virtual-Reality-Mixed-Reality-Augmented-Reality-Immersive-Technology-Jedi-Star-Wars-Virginia-Tech-1200x878.jpg" alt="Tech Trends VR Consultancy Virginia Tech Jedi Star Wars Haptics Mixed Reality" width="1140" height="834" srcset="https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Tech-Trends-Virtual-Reality-Mixed-Reality-Augmented-Reality-Immersive-Technology-Jedi-Star-Wars-Virginia-Tech.jpg 1200w, https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Tech-Trends-Virtual-Reality-Mixed-Reality-Augmented-Reality-Immersive-Technology-Jedi-Star-Wars-Virginia-Tech-150x110.jpg 150w, https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Tech-Trends-Virtual-Reality-Mixed-Reality-Augmented-Reality-Immersive-Technology-Jedi-Star-Wars-Virginia-Tech-768x562.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px" /></p>
<hr /><p><em>What we’re currently stuck with in most forms of VR are versions of what is effectively a 3D mouse</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D12232&#038;text=What%20we%E2%80%99re%20currently%20stuck%20with%20in%20most%20forms%20of%20VR%20are%20versions%20of%20what%20is%20effectively%20a%203D%20mouse&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>By contrast, I find the HoloLens interface, which works through a mixture of voice and gesture, rather more intuitive, and it always did make me feel a bit like a wizard (or witch) in a Harry Potter movie, as your incantations and movements prompt the holograms to do your bidding.</p>
<p>The researchers wanted to come up with an interface that was not only more playful, entertaining, and fun, but also did a good job of being functional, tweaking the push and pull physics and speed variations until they felt “realistic”. By which they mean that it responds to the speed and magnitude of hand gestures to accelerate or decelerate objects in a way that users can understand much more intuitively.</p>
<hr /><p><em>With Force Push, it’s just as easy for users to apply the gentlest of nudges to an object as it is to throw a heavy object across the room</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D12232&#038;text=With%20Force%20Push%2C%20it%E2%80%99s%20just%20as%20easy%20for%20users%20to%20apply%20the%20gentlest%20of%20nudges%20to%20an%20object%20as%20it%20is%20to%20throw%20a%20heavy%20object%20across%20the%20room&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>This ability to respond to more nuanced hand movement is due to the technique’s physics-driven algorithms. Dynamically mapping rich features of input gestures to properties of physics-based simulation made the interface controllable in most cases. According to the release, with Force Push, it’s just as easy for users to apply the gentlest of nudges to an object as it is to throw a heavy object across the room.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-12234" src="https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Tech-Trends-Virtual-Reality-Virginia-Tech-Jedi-Star-Wars-Powers-1200x803.jpg" alt="Tech Trends VR Consultancy Virginia Tech Jedi Star Wars Haptics Mixed Reality" width="1140" height="763" srcset="https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Tech-Trends-Virtual-Reality-Virginia-Tech-Jedi-Star-Wars-Powers.jpg 1200w, https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Tech-Trends-Virtual-Reality-Virginia-Tech-Jedi-Star-Wars-Powers-150x100.jpg 150w, https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Tech-Trends-Virtual-Reality-Virginia-Tech-Jedi-Star-Wars-Powers-768x514.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px" /></p>
<blockquote><p>“We wanted to try and do this without any device, just using your hands, and also do it with gestures in a way that’s more playful,” said Doug Bowman, the Frank J. Maher Professor of Computer Science and director of the Center for Human Computer Interaction.</p></blockquote>
<p>To test the feature, the team used an Oculus Rift CV1 for display and a Leap Motion was applied for hand tracking. The virtual environment was developed in the Unity game engine, and the native physics engine of Unity was used to drive the physics-based simulation of the Force Push interface.</p>
<blockquote><p>“Every week we kind of tweak something different in order to make the experience feel right,” adds Bowman. “But now it feels really cool.”</p></blockquote>
<h5>No kidding. You had me at “Jedi.”</h5>
<p>This article originally was <a href="https://vrscout.com/news/move-virtual-objects-like-a-jedi/">published on VRScout</a></p>
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<p><strong><em>The Internet democratized knowledge, but immersive technologies like AR and VR will democratize access to experience – and revolutionize learning. </em></strong></p>
<p>Prestigious medical institutions such as <strong>Imperial College London are </strong>using HoloLens devices in operating theatres to spot key blood vessels, bones, and muscles helping to make procedures quicker and safer.</p>
<hr /><p><em>Surgeons have traditionally used a handheld ultrasound scanner to find vessels under the skin by detecting the movement of blood. However, this is very time-consuming and still requires some guesswork</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D7920&#038;text=Surgeons%20have%20traditionally%20used%20a%20handheld%20ultrasound%20scanner%20to%20find%20vessels%20under%20the%20skin%20by%20detecting%20the%20movement%20of%20blood.%20However%2C%20this%20is%20very%20time-consuming%20and%20still%20requires%20some%20guesswork&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>Patients who have suffered an accident may have open wounds that require reconstructive surgery. Skin and blood vessels are taken from a healthy part of the body and used to cover the wound, enabling it to close and heal properly. A vital step in the process is connecting the blood vessels of the “new” tissue with those at the site of the wound, so oxygenated blood can reach the area.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-7923" src="http://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/GESF-Atlantis-Dubai-Varkey-Foundation-Tech-Trends-Alice-Bonasio-VR-Consultancy-Photography-by-Tom-Atkinson-at-R3Digital-Immersive-Learning-Showcase-3.jpg" alt="Tech Trends VR Training Varkey Foundation Global Education and Skills Forum HoloLens Haptic Surgical Training HealthTech" width="450" height="679" srcset="https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/GESF-Atlantis-Dubai-Varkey-Foundation-Tech-Trends-Alice-Bonasio-VR-Consultancy-Photography-by-Tom-Atkinson-at-R3Digital-Immersive-Learning-Showcase-3.jpg 596w, https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/GESF-Atlantis-Dubai-Varkey-Foundation-Tech-Trends-Alice-Bonasio-VR-Consultancy-Photography-by-Tom-Atkinson-at-R3Digital-Immersive-Learning-Showcase-3-99x150.jpg 99w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /></p>
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<p>Surgeons have traditionally used a handheld ultrasound scanner to find vessels under the skin by detecting the movement of blood. However, this is very time-consuming and still requires some guesswork as to where the vessels are and their path through body tissue, explained Dr Dimitri Amiras &#8211; a Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust – as he walked me through the demo.</p>
<hr /><p><em>Prestigious medical institutions such as Imperial College London are using HoloLens devices in operating theatres to spot key blood vessels, bones, and muscles helping to make procedures quicker and safer</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D7920&#038;text=Prestigious%20medical%20institutions%20such%20as%20Imperial%20College%20London%20are%20using%20HoloLens%20devices%20in%20operating%20theatres%20to%20spot%20key%20blood%20vessels%2C%20bones%2C%20and%20muscles%20helping%20to%20make%20procedures%20quicker%20and%20safer&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
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<hr /><p><em>The technology allows surgeons to take CT scans that have previously been completed and overlay 3D digital models of them onto a patient’s limb during reconstructive surgery</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D7920&#038;text=The%20technology%20allows%20surgeons%20to%20take%20CT%20scans%20that%20have%20previously%20been%20completed%20and%20overlay%203D%20digital%20models%20of%20them%20onto%20a%20patient%E2%80%99s%20limb%20during%20reconstructive%20surgery&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>The technology allows surgeons to take CT scans that have previously been completed and overlay 3D digital models of them onto a patient’s limb during reconstructive surgery. It has been used to help surgeons successfully move blood vessels from one part of the body to another in order to help open wounds heal more quickly.</p>
<p>At the <a href="https://www.educationandskillsforum.org/ehome/gesf2018">Global Education and Skills Forum</a> (GESF) in Dubai I got a chance to try it out first-hand, and it was pretty amazing, specially knowing that the Holograms I was looking at were based on real CT scans. Patients so far have included a 41-year-old man who injured his leg in a car crash, an 85-year-old woman who fractured her fibula and a person who developed an infection that required surgery.</p>
<blockquote><p>“Mixed reality offers a new way to find these blood vessels accurately and quickly by overlaying scan images onto the patient during the operation. This technology allows us to experience the data that we have collected from patients before their operation in the most realistic and natural way. You look at the leg and essentially see inside of it; you see the bones and the course of the blood vessels,” he said.</p></blockquote>
<p>Dr Philip Pratt, a Research Fellow in the Department of Surgery and Cancer at Imperial, said using the HoloLens is allowing surgeons to understand a patient’s unique anatomy very quickly and accurately and to collaborate more efficiently in teams as multiple surgeons wearing the headsets can also see what their colleagues are specifically looking at.</p>
<hr /><p><em>As well as a powerful visualization and collaboration tool for working surgeons, immersive technologies can also help solve a growing problem: the global shortage of such professionals, specially in the developing world</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D7920&#038;text=As%20well%20as%20a%20powerful%20visualization%20and%20collaboration%20tool%20for%20working%20surgeons%2C%20immersive%20technologies%20can%20also%20help%20solve%20a%20growing%20problem%3A%20the%20global%20shortage%20of%20such%20professionals%2C%20specially%20in%20the%20developing%20world&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-7922" src="http://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/GESF-Atlantis-Dubai-Varkey-Foundation-Tech-Trends-Alice-Bonasio-VR-Consultancy-Photography-by-Tom-Atkinson-at-R3Digital-Immersive-Learning-Showcase-2-1033x1200.jpg" alt="Tech Trends VR Training Varkey Foundation Global Education and Skills Forum HoloLens Haptic Surgical Training HealthTech" width="450" height="523" srcset="https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/GESF-Atlantis-Dubai-Varkey-Foundation-Tech-Trends-Alice-Bonasio-VR-Consultancy-Photography-by-Tom-Atkinson-at-R3Digital-Immersive-Learning-Showcase-2.jpg 1033w, https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/GESF-Atlantis-Dubai-Varkey-Foundation-Tech-Trends-Alice-Bonasio-VR-Consultancy-Photography-by-Tom-Atkinson-at-R3Digital-Immersive-Learning-Showcase-2-129x150.jpg 129w, https://techtrends.tech/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/GESF-Atlantis-Dubai-Varkey-Foundation-Tech-Trends-Alice-Bonasio-VR-Consultancy-Photography-by-Tom-Atkinson-at-R3Digital-Immersive-Learning-Showcase-2-768x892.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /></p>
<p>As well as a powerful visualization and collaboration tool for working surgeons, immersive technologies can also help solve a growing problem: the global shortage of such professionals, specially in the developing world. Training facilitated by immersive technologies can be instrumental in addressing the chronic shortage of trained professionals in areas such as teaching, healthcare and the digital economy.</p>
<p>Bassem F Hashash, from Augmented Reality training and collaboration platform <a href="https://www.proximie.com/">Proximie</a>, says an estimated five billion people worldwide do not have access to surgery This is due partly to the chronic lack of specialists available to perform such procedures, and the difficulty and expense involved in training new surgeons.</p>
<hr /><p><em>An estimated five billion people worldwide do not have access to surgery</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D7920&#038;text=An%20estimated%20five%20billion%20people%20worldwide%20do%20not%20have%20access%20to%20surgery&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
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<hr /><p><em>At the Global Education and Skills Forum #GESF in Dubai I got a chance to try it out first-hand, and it was pretty amazing, specially knowing that the Holograms I was looking at were based on real CT scans</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D7920&#038;text=At%20the%20Global%20Education%20and%20Skills%20Forum%20%23GESF%20in%20Dubai%20I%20got%20a%20chance%20to%20try%20it%20out%20first-hand%2C%20and%20it%20was%20pretty%20amazing%2C%20specially%20knowing%20that%20the%20Holograms%20I%20was%20looking%20at%20were%20based%20on%20real%20CT%20scans&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>Training at scale is a real challenge, specially in areas such as healthcare, as you can only fit a small number of students in an Operating Room, and observation and practice is how one learns the crucial skillset necessary in such professions. Yet with immersive technology is possible for experts and students to virtually transport themselves into settings which allow them to flexibly collaborate and train. They can, in other words, become a democratizing force in education, by enabling students to virtually access experiences that would otherwise be out of their reach.</p>
<hr /><p><em>Using the HoloLens allows surgeons to understand a patient’s unique anatomy quickly and accurately and to collaborate more efficiently in teams</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D7920&#038;text=Using%20the%20HoloLens%20allows%20surgeons%20to%20understand%20a%20patient%E2%80%99s%20unique%20anatomy%20quickly%20and%20accurately%20and%20to%20collaborate%20more%20efficiently%20in%20teams&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>According to Richard Vincent of <a href="https://www.fundamentalvr.com/">Fundamental VR</a> who was also showcasing his haptic Virtual Reality application at GESF (which let me have a great time literally messing around someone’s insides) it isn’t a matter of virtual training being “better,” but of enabling the benefits of experiential learning to become more widely accessible, allowing training to move beyond the limited model of “See one, do one, teach one” and opening up the possibilities for students to practice and perfect their skills in a safe and accurate environment.</p>
<hr /><p><em>Training at scale is a real challenge, specially in areas such as healthcare, as you can only fit a small number of students in an Operating Room, and observation and practice is how one learns the crucial skillset</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D7920&#038;text=Training%20at%20scale%20is%20a%20real%20challenge%2C%20specially%20in%20areas%20such%20as%20healthcare%2C%20as%20you%20can%20only%20fit%20a%20small%20number%20of%20students%20in%20an%20Operating%20Room%2C%20and%20observation%20and%20practice%20is%20how%20one%20learns%20the%20crucial%20skillset&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
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<hr /><p><em>People all over the world will be able to easily access realistic experiences and simulations, learning and practicing new skills in entirely new ways</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D7920&#038;text=People%20all%20over%20the%20world%20will%20be%20able%20to%20easily%20access%20realistic%20experiences%20and%20simulations%2C%20learning%20and%20practicing%20new%20skills%20in%20entirely%20new%20ways&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>In developing his own HoloLens application, Vincent has seen evidence that working with Mixed Reality tends to trigger different parts of the brain through immersion, so that content is assimilated more quickly and “sticks” with learners for longer, hence its potential to add to, enhance and accelerate learning. And Moore’s law, he adds means that his company’s current training simulation system costs one tenth of what it did a few years prior, and he expects that exponential driving down of cost to continue to increase sharply over the next five to ten years.</p>
<blockquote><p>“As the technology progresses it will become more affordable and more integrated into our everyday lives. Just as most people here are carrying some sort of smartphone, the next step will be some sort of augmented reality device,” says Dr Amiras</p></blockquote>
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<blockquote><p>“This is the new interface between computers and humans. What happens with technology is that when it works well, it disappears,” agrees Vincent. “Immersive Technology in the future won’t be about a bulky headset. What we have today is the equivalent of the Motorola phone of 1987. It will be glasses and contacts. This might feel scary now but in 10 years time it will feel as natural as carrying a smartphone in your pocket does now.”</p></blockquote>
<p>All this means that people all over the world will be able to easily access realistic experiences and simulations, learning and practicing new skills in entirely new ways. Much in the same way as the widespread adoption of the Internet facilitated broader access to knowledge, Immersive technologies can enable broader and more egalitarian access to experience itself, and that’s pretty exciting.</p>
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<p><a href="https://vrscout.com/author/abonasio/">This article was originally published on VRScout</a></p>
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<p><strong><em>The idea of making out with a hologram might seem like science fiction, but some companies are coming close</em></strong></p>
<hr /><p><em>PrimaVR has released a virtual heart beat feature for its holograms </em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D3989&#038;text=PrimaVR%20has%20released%20a%20virtual%20heart%20beat%20feature%20for%20its%20holograms%20&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p><a href="http://primavr.com/">PrimaVR</a> has been working with adult hologram videos since 2015, and earlier this year <a href="https://futureofsex.net/immersive-entertainment/haptic-holograms-feel-play-beautiful-adult-actress-using-interactive-vr-controllers/">released the first version of their haptic holographic video player</a>. It enabled users to feel that haptic feedback through vibrations delivered by virtual reality controllers, and the videos also reacted to the user&#8217;s touch; pushing against the hologram actress&#8217; body displaced the virtual soft tissue, while a gentle slap resulted in what they described as a “visually pleasant jiggle.” The company has since been making improvements and adding new features to the platform, such as a “virtual heart beat” that can be felt when the user holds theVR controller against the hologram actor.</p>
<hr /><p><em>While 360 video restricts the viewer&#039;s POV, Holograms gives you more freedom to look around</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D3989&#038;text=While%20360%20video%20restricts%20the%20viewer%27s%20POV%2C%20Holograms%20gives%20you%20more%20freedom%20to%20look%20around&#038;related' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>The main difference between this holographic platform and the type of 360 videos that are becoming rather pervasive in VR porn for example, is that 360 tends to restrict viewers to one PoV (Point of View) while holograms allow your head to move around much more freely, explains Anton Bailey, a PrimaVR spokesperson</p>
<hr /><p><em>We love to focus on experimenting with crazy VR tech</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D3989&#038;text=We%20love%20to%20focus%20on%20experimenting%20with%20crazy%20VR%20tech&#038;related' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>Like the <a href="https://futureofsex.net/immersive-entertainment/vr-porn/smells-like-sex-virtual-reality-crossed-next-multi-sensory-frontier/">introduction of smells into the virtual experience</a>, such features might seem a bit on the gimmicky side, but it all adds to the immersive nature of the VR experience, while also helping to push the boundaries of the technology and envisage what might be possible in future, says Bailey. “We love to focus on experimenting with crazy VR tech and be the first to introduce new features in adult VR entertainment.” Such features play a crucial role in increasing the levels of responsiveness and interaction within VR experiences, which not only makes them more fun, but also more engaging. Otherwise we risk what’s sometimes called the &#8220;Swayze effect&#8221; – which refers to the passive feeling a user can get of just floating through a video.</p>
<hr /><p><em>Such features might seem a bit on the gimmicky side, but it all adds to the immersive nature of the VR experience</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D3989&#038;text=Such%20features%20might%20seem%20a%20bit%20on%20the%20gimmicky%20side%2C%20but%20it%20all%20adds%20to%20the%20immersive%20nature%20of%20the%20VR%20experience&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-11180" src="https://futureofsex.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/PrimaVR_gesturing.jpg" sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" srcset="https://futureofsex.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/PrimaVR_gesturing.jpg 1200w, https://futureofsex.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/PrimaVR_gesturing-133x79.jpg 133w" alt="You can undress hot holographic women with PrimaVR." width="600" height="355" /></p>
<p>Bailey concedes that most, if not all, of the current Internet-connected teledildonic devices are indeed rather gimmicky and not very widely used.</p>
<blockquote><p>“Even though odors can trigger strong memories and create an emotional response, smell cartridges and olfactory output will probably have lesser importance for a majority of people. VR will need to be adopted by the masses before a VR compatible teledildonic peripheral, a ‘VR Fleshlight,’ can become a hit,” he said.</p></blockquote>
<h5>Bringing your body into the scene</h5>
<p>In the earlier demo, PrimaVR introduced the possibility for users to bring their own body into the hologram video by using the Leap Motion device. The team has since enhanced this feature by enabling those users to also alter their avatars’ skin color, accommodating a wider range of ethnicities so they can experience a closer representation of their own body in virtual reality and/or enhance roleplaying possibilities.</p>
<hr /><p><em>The possibility of modifying your avatar’s look and sound adds another layer of emotional protection alongside physical distance, which enables more adventurous experimentation</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D3989&#038;text=The%20possibility%20of%20modifying%20your%20avatar%E2%80%99s%20look%20and%20sound%20adds%20another%20layer%20of%20emotional%20protection%20alongside%20physical%20distance%2C%20which%20enables%20more%20adventurous%20experimentation&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>The next step, however, is to make those representations more realistic and seamless, which is why the platform is also working on updating the tech to increase the resolution and video frame rate by the end of the summer.</p>
<blockquote><p>This type of technology, according to Bailey, brings with it real possibilities for improving people’s sex lives.<br />
“The possibility of modifying your avatar’s look and sound adds another layer of emotional protection alongside physical distance, which enables more adventurous experimentation,” he explained.</p></blockquote>
<p>He also pointed to the sheer quantity and variety of cybersex in early VR platforms like <a href="https://futureofsex.net/virtual-sex/getting-to-first-base-in-second-life-a-virtually-fun-guide-to-virtual-sex/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Second Life</a> as an indicator of how adult content will be crucial in driving wider adoption of the technology:</p>
<blockquote><p>“Facebook is betting heavily on social VR, and telepresence is surely one of the more important applications of VR. Together with teledildonics, it opens up new possibilities for cybersex, whether conducted by complete strangers or couples in a long distance relationship.”</p></blockquote>
<p>Bailey speculates that in a more distant future, where people will spend more time in online virtual worlds, VR technology will allow people to experiment with different genders and identities in a social context.</p>
<blockquote><p>“Perhaps some of the experimentation performed in the safety of a virtual world can carry over into the real world. Whether this will lead to a more loose self-identification is a good question. At the very least VR technology opens a door for increasing social harmony by allowing people to experience life from other people’s point of view,” he said.</p></blockquote>
<p>This article originally appeared on <a href="https://futureofsex.net/immersive-entertainment/feeling-haptic-holograms-can-improve-sex-life/">Future Of Sex</a></p>
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<p><strong><em>Healthcare is one of the areas with most potential for dramatic improvement with the implementation of Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality Technologies</em></strong></p>
<hr /><p><em>The virtual world is already having a real impact in people&#039;s lives and health</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D3904&#038;text=The%20virtual%20world%20is%20already%20having%20a%20real%20impact%20in%20people%27s%20lives%20and%20health&#038;related' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>As countries around the world struggle to find health care provision models that balance the needs of aging populations with shrinking budgets—and as startups jostle to get into operating rooms—the virtual world is already being used to impact the health care of real people.</p>
<blockquote><p>“I could be in Cleveland and teach a group of students in, say, London with all of us able to see one another and the holograms simultaneously,” says Professor Mark Griswold, Case Western Reserve’s faculty leader for the university’s efforts with Microsoft’s HoloLens, the $3,000 <a href="https://venturebeat.com/2016/02/29/hololens-development-edition-preorder-specs/">developer-edition</a>-only augmented reality glasses. “The professor can see how students are interacting with the hologram in real time, and respond immediately with additional explanations or encouragement as needed.”</p></blockquote>
<p>Devices like the HoloLens and consumer VR helmets like Samsung’s Gear VR and Facebook’s Oculus have received the most attention as vehicles for escape, but their real-world applications are growing fastest in the workplace. IDC, which pegs current industry revenues at around $5.6 billion, says much of the growth in shipments of VR and AR headsets over the next five years will come from industrial uses (80% a year), versus consumer uses (50%), like video games, films, porn, and other entertainment. Among current non-health care HoloLens customers, for instance, are companies like Lowe’s, Volvo, and ThyssenKrupp, whose technicians use the glasses to operate on ailing elevators.</p>
<hr /><p><em>Healthcare revenues for VR and AR technologies reached nearly a billion dollars in 2016</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D3904&#038;text=Healthcare%20revenues%20for%20VR%20and%20AR%20technologies%20reached%20nearly%20a%20billion%20dollars%20in%202016&#038;related' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>In health care, revenues for VR and AR technologies reached nearly a billion dollars in 2016, according to Kalorama Research. Some <a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/healthcare-augmented-and-virtual-reality-market-worth-51-billion-by-2025-grand-view-research-inc-629349303.html">estimate</a> that by 2025, that number could reach over $5 billion, thanks to uses in areas like telemedicine, <a href="https://mosaicscience.com/story/virtual-reality-VR-surgery-pain-mexico">pain relief</a>, robotic surgery, and, increasingly, medical simulations.</p>
<hr /><p><em>VR and AR are already being used in areas like pain relief, robotic surgery and telemedicine </em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D3904&#038;text=VR%20and%20AR%20are%20already%20being%20used%20in%20areas%20like%20pain%20relief%2C%20robotic%20surgery%20and%20telemedicine%20&#038;related' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>Medical instructors say a VR helmet, coupled with haptic-feedback “syringes,” can help a surgeon practice a complex operation in detail before carrying it out—or help a doctor with limited access to education locally get better medical training, improving patient experience and outcomes. A pair of augmented reality goggles can put an animated “patient” in front of students, making the expensive dummies obsolete altogether. And as medical operations become more sophisticated and high-tech, computer glasses could help get practitioners up to speed faster.</p>
<hr /><p><em>The United States is facing a shortfall of 100,000 physicians by 2030 </em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D3904&#038;text=The%20United%20States%20is%20facing%20a%20shortfall%20of%20100%2C000%20physicians%20by%202030%20&#038;related' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>Health care experts have proposed new technologies like these as one of various solutions to what some have called a crisis in medicine: The United States could be facing a shortfall of between 48,000 and 100,000 physicians by 2030, according to the <a href="https://www.aamc.org/download/426242/data/ihsreportdownload.pdf">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>. Since it takes between five and 10 years on average to train a new physician, medical industry experts say the U.S. urgently needs more people to enter that training pipeline now, particularly in highly specialized fields: The greatest shortfall, on a percentage basis, will be in the demand for surgeons, especially those who treat cancer and other diseases more common to older people.</p>
<hr /><p><em>Using Mixed Reality simulations to train surgeons could alleviate the shortfall and bring in cost savings</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D3904&#038;text=Using%20Mixed%20Reality%20simulations%20to%20train%20surgeons%20could%20alleviate%20the%20shortfall%20and%20bring%20in%20cost%20savings&#038;related' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p>Alleviating that shortfall and upgrading decades-old simulations with mixed reality could also ferry in cost savings that can’t come soon enough. In the U.S., the cost of health care continues to surge, far beyond the price of drugs: Open-heart surgery is 70% more than the next highest country; an appendectomy over two times more. And the price for a day in the hospital is about five times more in the U.S. than other developed countries.</p>
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<h5>Better Learning Through Virtuality?</h5>
<p dir="ltr">For years, surgeons have relied on 3D modeling on computers to plan complex procedures down to the millimeter, so there are as few surprises as possible. The technology proved valuable for the <a href="http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2016/12/conjoined-twins-successfully-separated-at-packard-childrens.html">team that separated conjoined twins Erika and Eva Sandoval </a>at Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto in 2013. In that case, surgeons donned 3D glasses to study digital renderings of the twins’ organs, allowing them to perform a heart valve replacement using an incision less than half the normal size. More recently, 3D modeling has merged with VR at <a href="http://stanfordhospital.org/">Stanford Health Care</a>, where an app called <a href="http://appliedradiology.com/articles/true-3d-unlocking-the-full-potential-of-medical-imaging">True 3D technology</a>, developed with Mountain View-based company <a href="http://www.echopixeltech.com/">EchoPixel</a>, promises to increase a surgeon’s ability to visualize and plan complex procedures beforehand</p>
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<p dir="ltr">“Our biggest problem is cutting into an artery or vein that we did not expect,” says Eric Wickstrom, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the medical school at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, who co-authored <a href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0075237">a 2013 study</a> on the use of 3D models in surgery.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">A clinical study published last year in the <em>Journal of Neurosurgery</em> looked at how surgeons rehearsed their operations using a VR-based brain modeling platform developed by the company Surgical Theater. The tool, in use at New York University, University Hospitals in Cleveland and Mount Sinai among others, appeared to help surgeons reduce the time it took to repair aneurysms, suggesting it also made the surgeries safer.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><hr /><p><em>15 minutes with the HoloLens could save dozens of hours in the lab</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D3904&#038;text=15%20minutes%20with%20the%20HoloLens%20could%20save%20dozens%20of%20hours%20in%20the%20lab&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
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<h5>Making Virtual Bodies Feel Real And Real Bodies More Virtual</h5>
<p dir="ltr">The next step in the equation will be to accurately reproduce not only the look but the feel of any surgical procedure. HoloLens partner <a href="http://www.fundamentalvr.com/feelrealvr/">FundamentalVR</a> is already working on the addition of haptic feedback to surgery simulations, says Richard Vincent, the company’s founder. The London-based startup is developing a tool called FeelRealVR, which it describes as a “flight simulator” for surgery. In its current version, students use a stylus in place of a syringe, which provides realistic levels of pressure and resistance in relation to a hologram of a patient’s open knee joint, for instance.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Vincent argues that tools like this can make for better learners. The enhanced cognitive involvement that comes from not only seeing, but interacting with the holograms triggers active “Involved Learning,” he says, a recognized teaching methodology in which students have been found to retain much more of the subject matter than with traditional approaches.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><hr /><p><em>Surgeons rely on 3D modeling on computers to plan complex procedures down to the millimeter, so there are as few surprises as possible</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D3904&#038;text=Surgeons%20rely%20on%203D%20modeling%20on%20computers%20to%20plan%20complex%20procedures%20down%20to%20the%20millimeter%2C%20so%20there%20are%20as%20few%20surprises%20as%20possible&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
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<p dir="ltr"><hr /><p><em>AR is also augmenting instruction during real-life surgeries</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D3904&#038;text=AR%20is%20also%20augmenting%20instruction%20during%20real-life%20surgeries&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p dir="ltr">AR is also augmenting instruction during real-life surgeries. Hands-on, face-to-face lessons during real-life operations are in short supply, often limited to the limited number of students who can fit inside an operating theater. Surgeons who can teach are in such high demand, meanwhile, that experiential learning can be increasingly infrequent at medical schools, taught only once to a small group.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">“Surgery is very visual. You can read it in a book if you want but it’s not the same as watching it live,” says Dr. Nadine Hachach-Haram, a NHS registrar in plastic surgery at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. “Yet it’s physically difficult to get many medical students in the operating room at any time.”</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Hachach-Haram is cofounder of a company called <a href="https://youtu.be/GwShYvCY3qk">Proximie</a> that <a href="https://www.innovation.england.nhs.uk/clinical-entrepreneur">developed a way</a> to use augmented reality to let a distant surgeon virtually place his or her “hands” or instruments onto a patient’s body. The idea is to let experienced practitioners guide operating teams on where each incision should be made and how to proceed. After being selected by the <a href="https://www.uklebhub.com/">U.K. Lebanon Tech Hub</a> Accelerator, Proximie is now rolling out a training pilot at The Royal Free Hospital, allowing 150 of its students to log in remotely to watch surgery through the application.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Mixed reality is also improving operating rooms in less obvious ways. ByDesign, a HoloLens app, helps surgeons, nurses, and technicians save precious time in configuring the setup of operating theaters. Whenever there’s a rotation, operating rooms need to be carefully reconfigured to meet each team’s very specific requirements, since even minute errors in that context can have dangerous consequences for both patients and practitioners.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><hr /><p><em>Two surgeons hundreds of miles apart can both stand in different rooms looking at accurate holographic renditions of the same equipment</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D3904&#038;text=Two%20surgeons%20hundreds%20of%20miles%20apart%20can%20both%20stand%20in%20different%20rooms%20looking%20at%20accurate%20holographic%20renditions%20of%20the%20same%20equipment&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
<p dir="ltr">Traditionally that means multiple people moving around heavy, delicate, and expensive equipment to test various configurations. In an environment where most facilities already operate near capacity, this resource-intensive process translates into higher costs and slower delivery of care, says Andy Pierce, president of Global Endoscopy at <a href="https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2017/02/21/stryker-chooses-microsoft-hololens-bring-operating-room-design-future-3d/#k88ZAQryICrHvGas.97">Stryker</a>.</p>
<p dir="ltr">By donning an AR headset, practitioners can visualize objects in full-scale 3D, with the flexibility of being able to easily move virtual objects. Two surgeons hundreds of miles apart can both stand in different rooms looking at accurate holographic renditions of the same equipment, moving them around until they’re satisfied the optimum setup has been reached. This can then be saved and relayed to those in charge of setting up the operating rooms themselves.</p>
<h5>Upgrading The Cadaver</h5>
<p dir="ltr">A review of augmented reality in medical <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5009168/">training</a> published last year in the journal <em>Surgical Endoscopy</em> couldn’t say whether the technology would contribute to patient safety. But author Esther Barsom, a researcher in the department of surgery at the University of Amsterdam, noted that AR is “preeminently suitable” for helping improve the training of situational awareness during operations, a facet that is “lacking in medical curricula.” And, she wrote, “as training methods become more engaging and reliable, learning curves may be expected to become steeper and patients will ultimately benefit.”</p>
<p dir="ltr">Prof. Wickstrom of Thomas Jefferson University suggests that virtual simulations could also widen the recruiting pipeline: By making medical education more interactive and engaging, the medical field could become more accessible and attractive to those who previously might have been put off by traditional medical learning.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><hr /><p><em>As training methods become more engaging and reliable, learning curves may be expected to become steeper and patients will ultimately benefit</em><br /><a href='https://x.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechtrends.tech%2F%3Fp%3D3904&#038;text=As%20training%20methods%20become%20more%20engaging%20and%20reliable%2C%20learning%20curves%20may%20be%20expected%20to%20become%20steeper%20and%20patients%20will%20ultimately%20benefit&#038;via=techtrends_tech&#038;related=techtrends_tech' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer" >Share on X</a><br /><hr />
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<p dir="ltr">The time-honored way of teaching anatomy, for instance, is to have students spend months dissecting cadavers. But these procedures—not unlike the realistic mannequins at SimLearn—can cost tens of thousands of dollars. And cadavers can only be used by a limited number of students, and, naturally, only once.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Under Prof. Griswold at Case Western Reserve, anatomy students use the HoloLens to interact with virtual patients and organs, allowing them to pull back the various layers of the human body, visualize the muscles on top of the skeleton, and understand exactly where things are located. AR means that medical students are not confined to learning the terrain of a single body, but can see accurate visualizations of particular conditions such as cancers, heart disease, or spinal injuries.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">“In the fall we did a pilot test of HoloLens with medical students who already had studied the cardiothoracic region for several weeks in the cadaver lab,”Griswold says. “After one session viewing the same area of the body wearing the devices, 85% said they had learned something new.”</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Just 15 minutes with the HoloLens could have saved them dozens of hours in the lab, students who participated in the pilot told Pamela Davis, dean of the school of medicine. Case Western is now in the process of developing a broader holographic anatomy curriculum. “The quicker our students learn facts like these, the more time they have to think with them,” Davis said at last year’s Microsoft’s Build conference. “We are teaching them to think like a doctor.”</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/40412479/how-vr-and-ar-help-surgeons-make-the-cut">Originally published on the Fast Company website</a></p>
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