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Welcome
to the University at Buffalo's Virtual Reality Laboratory |
The
students and faculty here are pioneering the use of VR technology
in areas such as surgery, remote robotic control, volcanic simulation
and factory design. The faculty involved in our projects pool their
expertise from fields as diverse as mathematics, geology, mechanical
engineering, aerospace engineering and medical sciences. With our
unique experience, industry partners and computational resources,
the lab is answering the technological challenges of today with
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Ongoing research... |
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RoSS : The Virtual Reality Lab at UB and the Roswell Park Center for Robotic Surgery have developed the next generation virtual reality simulator for training surgeons on da Vinci® surgical system. |
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NSF Haptic Writing Simulator : The Virtual Reality Lab at UB has developed a writing simulator to teach the learner to write like the master by recreating the masters haptic writing attributes using force feedback. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). |
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RECENT RESEARCH
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HAPTIC
DEVICE DESIGN
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HAPSTICK:
High Fidelity Haptic Simulation for Billiards
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HAPTICS INPUT/OUTPUT RESEARCH
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FINGERTIP DIGITIZER:
Use your finger as an input device: 2D painting, 3D object digitizing, windows desktop applications, etc...
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DESIGN & MANUFACTURING
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TOUCH BASED INTERACTIVE NURBS MODELER:
This project considers the development of tools for studying and enhancing the ability of a driver to cope with inclement conditions...
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MODELGLOVE - SURFACE & SUBSURFACE MODLING USING FORCE & POSITION SENSORS:
The goal of this research is to develop a method that acquires force and position data from an object using sensors, and to then approximate the surface...
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DATA/INFORMATION VISUALIZATION
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DISTRIBUTED DATA FUSION (DDF) TESTBED: VISUALIZATION AND SIMULATION SUPPORT:
Design and development a DDF testbed to develop, evaluate and test algorithms to perform networking, sensor simulation, target tracking and fusion in a battlefield environment...
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NATURAL OR MAN-MADE POST-DISASTER MONITORING:
The purpose of this project is to simulate monitoring of disaster and its relief situation for a control center...
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INFORMATION PROCESSING FOR INTEGRATED OBSERVATION AND SIMULATION BASED RISK MANAGEMENT OF GEOPHYSICAL MASS FLOWS:
Computer simulations of volcanic phenomena permit analysis of loss of life and disruption of infrastructure...
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VIRTUAL REALITY IN MEDICINE
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IMAGE GUIDED SURGERY IN NEURO-ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES:
Assisting interventionalists in making decisions about accessibility by providing them with information on stent dimension, vessel curvatures and position and orientation of intervention devices...
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HAPTIC KYMOGRAPH: A TELE-HAPTIC INTERFACE FOR DIAGNOSTICS OF HUMAN PULSE:
The Haptic Kymograph is an innovative tele-haptic interface for capturing and transmitting human pulse for medical diagnostics...
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PHYSICALLY-BASED MODELING THROUGH A DYNAMIC ATOMIC UNIT APPROACH FOR HAPTIC RENDERING: TOWARDS NON-LINEAR, VISCOELASTIC, ANISOTROPIC BEHAVIOR:
Design of methodology which allows 3D models to be enabled with haptic rendering capability...
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HOT NEWS
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"V-Frog - Virtual-Reality Frog Dissection Software Offers First True Physical Simulation" | Go
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"Virtual surgery - Business First" | Go
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"Device Promises Painting in Thin
Air - Discovery Channel" | Go
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"Bringing touch to virtual worlds -
Boston Globe" | Go
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"Virtual Clay: UB researcher brings sculptor's art to computer design"
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"VR Lab scientists win Inventor of the Year Award" - Buffalo
News | Go
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"Midas' Touch" on The Week | Go
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"Touch Techology" on Christian Science Monitor | Go
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UB
Virtual Site Museum on CNN Headline News | Go
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Dr. Kesavadas, VR Lab director's Interview: Rediff.com | Go
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"Giving Neurosurgeons a Gift of Touch -Business Week"
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VR-Fact! Virtual factory software featured: Business First Magazine
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More News
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FUNDING SOURCES
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Industry:
Praxair
| American Axle | Roadgard
| Honda | Sarnoff | API-Delevan
Tactus
Technologies
Federal:
National
Science Foundation (NSF)
National
Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
National
Institute of Health (NIH)
National Highway Traffic Safty Administration (NHTSA)
Center
of Transportation Injury Research (CENTIR)
National
Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA)
State:
Unviversity
at Buffalo Multi Disciplinary Grant
New
York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR)
Center
for Advanced Technologies in Biomedical Engineering (CAT)
The
Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE/SPIR)
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