Tangible Virtual Eye Exam

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Tangible Virtual Eye Exam
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University of Florida, Virtual Experiences
Research Group (VERG)
Tangible Virtual Eye Exam Interacting with a
Virtual Human Patient using Tangible Interfaces

• Description
• Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs) allow humans and
  virtual humans (VHs) to interact
• using real objects. Targeted towards medical
  education, interacting with VH patients
• through TUIs provides a way for health profession
  students to gain experience
• performing clinical examinations.
• Practical training is required for health
  profession students to apply their knowledge and
• skills in real life scenarios. This is typically
  done through clinical examinations of
• standardized patients (human actors trained to
  simulate a medical condition) and by-
• chance encounters with patients in clinical
  settings. However, some medical conditions
• are impossible for standardized patients to mimic
  and rare to see in real patients.
• Performing a clinical examination of a VH patient
  provides an effective solution to
• exposing students to these rare medical
  conditions.
• TUIs provide natural interaction between the
  student and the VH patient. As the user
• naturally manipulates the physical objects of the
  TUI, the objects are tracked using
• optical tracking. This allows the VH patient to
  respond to the object manipulation
• similarly to how a human patient would. The
  patients responsive behaviors are
• modeled according to her medical condition. The
  initial exploration of using TUIs with

Team Members University of Florida, College of
Engineering Benjamin Lok Assistant
Professor Xiyong Wang, Joshua A.
Horton Graduate Student Shands Hospital,
University of Florida Juan C.
Cendan, MD. Assistant Professor of General
Surgery .
Virtual Experiences Research Group Mission
Statement The mission of the Virtual Experiences
Research Group (VERG) at the University
of Florida is to develop highly immersive virtual
human interactions that will train
health profession students in communication and
interpersonal skills.
Image Captions (on reverse) Top A medical
student performs a ophthalmoscope exam on a VH
patient with blurry vision. The students view
is shown on the plasma screen. Bottom Left A
medical student performs a Visual Acuity Test on
a VH patient. Bottom Right The VH follows the
students finger to test cranial nerve function.
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