Title:
PORTABLE VIRTUAL REALITY MEDICAL DEMONSTRATION AND TRAINING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2006016891
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A training apparatus presents a virtual environment to a user and allows the user to interact with the virtual environment. The training apparatus includes a base, an interface and a tool. The base has a storage device and a central processing unit. The interface may provide haptic feedback responsive to interaction between the user and the virtual environment. The tool is operatively coupled to the interface, by which the user interacts with the virtual environment, and through which haptic feedback may be provided to the user from the interface. The tool has storage for software code that forms an application defining the virtual environment.
Inventors:
HALUCK RANDY S (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2005/001366
Publication Date:
April 27, 2006
Filing Date:
January 12, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
PENNSYLVANIA STATE RES FOUNDAT (US)
HALUCK RANDY S (US)
HALUCK RANDY S (US)
International Classes:
G06F3/00
Foreign References:
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