VRACK - Virtual Reality Augmented Cycling Kit: Design and validation

Proceedings - IEEE Virtual Reality

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 135-138

  Ranky, Richard ^a   Sivak, Mark ^a   Lewis, Jeffrey ^b   Gade, Venkata ^c   Deutsch, Judith E ^b,c   Mavroidis, Constantinos ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b VRehab LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D interaction for VR; Exergaming; Haptics; Immersive gaming; Non visual interfaces; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

3D INTERACTIONS; ADAPTABLE SYSTEM; BICYCLE SYSTEMS; BIOMECHANICAL PARAMETERS; EXERCISE BICYCLE; HAPTIC FEEDBACKS; HAPTICS; HYDRAULIC PRESSURE; IMMERSIVE GAMING; INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MODULAR SYSTEM; NOVEL HARDWARE; PHYSIOLOGIC PARAMETERS; REHABILITATION SYSTEM; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATIONS; VISUAL INTERFACE;

BICYCLES; BIOMECHANICS; HAPTIC INTERFACES; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); KINEMATICS; MECHATRONICS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 77952718377     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VR.2010.5444798     Document Type: Conference Paper

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