News tagged with virtual reality simulation

Virtual training for real combat

I zipped up the flak jacket, put on an Army helmet and snapped a pair of goggles over my eyes.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

FRAVE: Flexible virtual reality system

Product developers, vehicle design engineers and trainee pilots increasingly utilize 3-D worlds, operating in a virtual space created by realistic images in real time. Researchers at the Technische Universitaet ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 31, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Introducing RoSS, a 'flight simulator' for robotic surgery

A collaboration between the Center for Robotic Surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has produced one of the world's first simulators ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study examines how much is too much visual information when it comes to learning

(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. But with advances in computer graphics capabilities, more recent cognitive theory related to multimedia learning suggests that very ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Augmented reality to help astronauts make sense of space

(PhysOrg.com) -- Life aboard the International Space Station is hard work. Crewmembers have a multiplicity of complex tasks, potentially involving thousands of tools, components and other items. But ESA astronaut ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0