Road to VR

AUGUST 13, 2017

Oculus has added new documentation to their developer knowledge base detailing the ‘buffered haptics’ feature of the Oculus SDK, a method for programming more advanced haptic feedback from the company’s Touch controllers. The SDK supports two approaches to controller haptics, Buffered and Non-buffered.

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Tech Trends VR

JANUARY 3, 2019

Learning science—the marriage of psychology and brain science–makes clear that knowledge acquisition and skill acquisition are mediated by distinct learning systems in the brain that each have their own unique processing characteristics. Thus, developing knowledge-based expertise is distinct from developing skill-based expertise.

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 20, 2019

The haptics are such that you “feel” the skin push back against your scalpel. With immersive technologies, healthcare professionals can start day 1 on the job with a strong knowledge-based and behavioral repertoire that has been honed and testing in immersive environments. Gone will be the days of on-the-job training.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Gaining a solid knowledge base (e.g., The cognitive skills learning system in the brain has evolved to obtain knowledge and facts and to tie those to specific situations. Some of the more advanced platforms include realistic artificial cadavers that provide the appropriate haptic feedback, for example.

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