A distributed virtual reality-based system for neonatal decision-making training

Computer Applications in Engineering Education

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 329-339

  Holobar, A ^a   Divjak, M ^a   Prelog, I ^a   Korosec D ^a   Zazula, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Distributed systems; Shared virtual environments; Virtual reality in education

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; SHARED VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; USER INTERACTIONS;

MEDICAL EDUCATION;

EID: 38049178886     PISSN: 10613773     EISSN: 10990542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cae.20120     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. L. P. Halamek, D. M. Kaegi, D. M. Gaba, Y. A. Sowb, B. C. Smith, B. E. Smith, and S. K. Howard, Time for a new paradigm in pediatric medical education: Teaching neonatal resuscitation in a simulated delivery room environment, Pediatrics 106 (2000), e25.
2. A. Holobar, M. Divjak, D. Korošec, and D. Zazula, Training scenario prototyping for VR-based simulation of neonatal decision-making, Comput Appl Eng Educ 15 (2007), 317-328.
3. D. Whitelock, D. Romano, A. Jelfs, and A. P. Brna, Perfect presence: What does this mean for the design of virtual learning environments? Educ Inf Technol 5 (2000), 277-289.
4. M. Ponder, B. Herbelin, T. Molet, S. Schertenlieb, B. Ulicny, G. Papagiannakis, N. M. Thalmann, and D. Thalmann, Immersive VR decision training: Telling interactive stories featuring advanced virtual human simulation technologies, in Proceedings of Workshop on Virtual Environments, Zurich, Switzerland, Vol. I, (2003), 97-106.
5. F. Mantovani, G. Castelnuovo, A. Gaggioli, and G. Riva, Virtual reality training for health-care professionals, Cyberpsychol Behav 6 (2003), 389-395.
6. M. Lombard and T. Ditton, (1997), At the heart of all: The concept of presence, J Comput Med Commun 3 (electronic edition).
7. M. Slater, Measuring presence: A response to the Vitmer and Singer presence questionnaire, Presence 8 (1999), 73-79.
8. G. Riva, From technology to communication: Psychosocial issues in developing virtual environments, J Vis Lang Comput 10 (1999), 87-97.
9. F. Mantovani, VR learning: Potential and challenges for the use of 3D environments in education and training. In Towards cyberpsychology, mind, cognitions and society in the internet age. G. Riva and C. Galimberti (Eds.), IOS Press, Amsterdam, 2001, 207-225.
10. R. S. Kalawsky, S. T. Bee, and S. P. Nee, Human factors evaluation techniques to aid understanding of virtual interfaces, BT Technol J 17 (1999), 128-141.
11. M. Green, Shared virtual environments: The implications for tool builders, Comput Graph 20 (1996), 185-189.
12. D. England and P. Gray, Temporal aspects of interaction in shared virtual worlds, Interact Comput 11 (1998), 87-105.
13. S. Stansfield, D. Shawver, A. Sobel, M. Prasad, and L. Tapia, Design and implementation of a virtual reality system and its application to training medical first responders, Presence-Teleoper Virtual Environ 9 (2000), 524-556.
14. R. Carey and G. Bell, The Annotated VRML 2.0 Reference Manual. Addison-Wesley Developers Press, Berkeley, 1997.
15. Humanoid Animation Working Group of the WEB3D Consortium, at URL http://h-anim.org/, 2003.
16. N. Taffiner, C. Sutton, R. J. Fishwick, I. C. McManus, and A. Darzi, Validation of virtual reality to teach and assess psychomotor skills in laparoscopic surgery: Results from randomized controlled studies using MIST VR laparoscopic simulator, Stud Health Technol Inform 50 (2003), 124-130.
17. Polhemus, Polhemus Fastrak motion tracking device, at URL http://www.polhemus.com/fastrak.htm, 2003.
18. B. Peterson, M. Wells, T. Furness, and E. Hunt, The effects of the interface on navigation in virtual environments, in Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting Santa Monica, CA (1998), 1496-1505.
19. Sun, Java Remote Method Invocation, at URL http://java.sun.com/products/ jdk/rmi, 2003.
20. C. Bouras and T. Tsiatsos, Distributed virtual reality: Building a multi-user layer for the EVE Platform, J Netw Comput Appl 27 (2004), 91-111.
21. Sun, Java Media Framework API Specification v2.0, at URL http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jmf/index.html, 2002.
22. J. Blauert, Spatial hearing: The psychophysics of human sound localization, MIT Press, London, 1999.