Augmented Reality & Mixed Simulation
AR & Mixed Simulation
In augmented reality (AR), virtual information is overlaid over a physical entity or the representation of a physical entity. On TV, a common AR example is the yellow first down line when watching American football or the moving black line in a swimming pool or ice-skating rink that represents a pro-rated record time.
Like AR, mixed simulation combines virtual and physical elements during a simulation. Examples of mixed simulations developed at the University of Florida are listed below.
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Augmented Anesthesia Machines
Augmented Modulus II anesthesia machine (Patent Pending) - Video
Augmented Drager Apollo anesthesia workstation (Patent Pending) - Video
Augmented Mannequin Patient Simulators (AMPS)
Mixed simulation of a neonate (METI BabySIM) with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (Patent Pending) - Video
Augmented Procedural Trainers
Video of mixed simulation for ventriculostomy training (Patent Pending)
Instruction video used to brief 2011 AANS Neurosurgical Top Gun competitors
Video of mixed simulation for placement of CVL needle - (Patent Pending)
Video of subclavian anatomy 3D model
Video of mixed simulation for Regional Anesthesia - (Patent Pending)
Video of concept model
Learning Effectiveness
Mixed simulation was shown in one specific application to provide a 6-fold improvement in performance in debugging a planted fault in an anesthesia machine compared to a 2-D screen-based simulation (Quarles J, Lampotang S, Fischler I, Fishwick P, Lok B: Mixed reality merges abstract and concrete knowledge. Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality 2008).
