Elizabeth Villanueva

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CS 428: Virtual & Augmented Reality

Homework 13 11/22/19



        The technology I'm picking to critique that was presented this week is FundamentalSurgery.


        The technology seems really helpful, but it's surprising that something like this in VR doesn't already exist. FundamentalSurgery is supposed to be what a flight simulator is to pilots in training. It's a VR simulator for surgeons to practice surgery on in an immersive environment. Because it's VR, there are no consequences since everything is virtual. The patients are virtual, so there is no consquence if something was done wrong or poorly. This is good for workers in the medical field to practice on and learn from. It gives them a way to apply their skills and knowledge without worrying if they mess up. There is no risk of harming the patient or accidentally killing them. It's all just to practice and doing it in virtual reality is the best way. It has the user immersed so it feels and looks like they are really working on a patient. They can view things in 3D as if it were really in front of them in the real world. That way, the user can feel how delicate their hand movements must be in order to work inside a human body. Itt's a much better way to practice than a simulator on a screen monitor. This could even be interesting to the normal consumer who is not in the medical field or in need of practice to perform surgery. Many people are interested in the human body. They can use this technology to have some fun and pretend as if they are doctors or surgeons. There is no harm in this because all of this is in a virtual world. It's as realistic as possible without using real physical patients or bodies, so users can just have fun with it. Another thing that is good about this is that the user does not need to be moving their body or arms around to use this device which eliminates the risk of hitting people or objects in the real world while trying to move their body to affect what is happening in the virtual world. This is unlike most VR games which is a very good positive about this technology. The user only needs to move their hands. This is also very similar to how a surgeon works. Surgeons don't need to be moving their bodies around or moving their arms around. They just stand over the patients body and move their hands, focusing on the area they are working on, which is usually inside the patient's body. Because of that, they do not need to be and should not be moving around much.


        This technology is going to be really useful and might help many in the medical field to perform their job better. This could become a great learning tool for future surgeons and patients might feel a bit safer knowing they've had a close to real experience in training.