i3D and Virtual Worlds Workshop

Dr George Ke, Mimi Lee24th March 2011

Overview

• Introduction

• Interactive 3D (i3D) and virtual worlds

• ClinVP: Virtual Hospital tour

• Hands-on experience with selected examples and SoM Virtual Hospital

• Summary

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What is Interactive 3D?

Simply…

“3d objects that the user can interact with”

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• What are 3d objects and how they are created

• Types of interactions associated with 3d objects

Lets begin with 3D objects

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• What are 3d objects and how they are created?

What are Interactions, and how are they used?http://www.forgefx.com/casestudies/prenticehall/ph/cells/cells.htm

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Interactions

• Web 1.0 – Read only

• Web 2.0

– Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and Facebook

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Virtual Reality

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“Virtual Reality (VR) is a term that applies to computer simulated environments that can simulate physical presence in the real

world, as well as an imaginary world”Wikipedia

Haptic devices

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“Haptics is the science of applying tactile sensations to human interactions with

computers”Wikipedia

Demo’s with 3d objects

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Google 3d body Virtual SpineVirtual Liver

Click on images to visit the resources

Demo’s with virtual reality

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Testis IslandVirtual Hallucination

Virtual Worlds•Second Life•Open Sim•Real Xtend

Click on images to visit the resources (require Second Life Viewer)

ClinVP: Virtual Hospital Tour• Virtual Patient for Clinical Years

• OpenSim – our virtual world platform

• Aims to provide an immersive learning experience

• Helps students practise clinical skills

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Summary• How 3D models are made

• How 3D can be interactive

• How virtual world can provide a different kind of 3D interaction

• Our virtual hospital in OpenSim

• Any comments?

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