1. i3D and Virtual Worlds Workshop Dr George Ke, Mimi Lee 24 th March 2011

2. Overview Introduction Interactive 3D (i3D) and virtual worlds ClinVP: Virtual Hospital tour Hands-on experience with selected examples and SoM Virtual Hospital Summary 2

3. What is Interactive 3D? Simply… “3d objects that the user can interact with” 3 What are 3d objects and how they are created Types of interactions associated with 3d objects

4. Lets begin with 3D objects 4 What are 3d objects and how they are created?

5. What are Interactions, and how are they used? http://www.forgefx.com/casestudies/prenticehall/ph/cells/cells.htm http://www.forgefx.com/casestudies/prenticehall/ph/cells/cells.htm 5

6. Interactions Web 1.0 – Read only Web 2.0 –Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and Facebook 6

7. Virtual Reality 7 “Virtual Reality (VR) is a term that applies to computer simulated environments that can simulate physical presence in the real world, as well as an imaginary world” Wikipedia

8. Haptic devices 8 “Haptics is the science of applying tactile sensations to human interactions with computers” Wikipedia

9. Demo’s with 3d objects 9 Google 3d body Virtual Spine Virtual Liver Click on images to visit the resources

10. Demo’s with virtual reality 10 Testis Island Virtual Hallucination Virtual Worlds Second Life Open Sim Real Xtend Click on images to visit the resources (require Second Life Viewer)

11. ClinVP: Virtual Hospital Tour Virtual Patient for Clinical Years OpenSim – our virtual world platform Aims to provide an immersive learning experience Helps students practise clinical skills 11

12. Summary How 3D models are made How 3D can be interactive How virtual world can provide a different kind of 3D interaction Our virtual hospital in OpenSim Any comments? 12