NEWS
NHS Technology Adoption Hub chooses Technology Implementation Projects
The NHS National Technology Adoption Hub announced that the Virtual Reality Clinical Skills Training Systems ...
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UK Haptics win Innovation Award for Virtual Veins.
UK Haptics are delighted to have won the Innovation award at the first ever Business ...
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Evaluate a haptic-based virtual environment for venepuncture training
Sue Todd, Technical Director for UK Haptics, and Shamus P. Smith, a lecturer with the ...
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Collaborative Evaluation of a Haptic-based Medical Virtual Environment
There is increasing use of virtual environments for medical training applications. Simulated medical environments allow ...
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Welcome to UK HAPTICS
UK Haptics develop virtual reality training solutions for practice based learning and skills rehearsal in medical and clinical situations using 3D virtual environments to create life like simulations. The simulations take place in real time and provide testing together with user feedback with clinical metrics.
WHAT IS 'HAPTICS'?
According to Encarta, haptics is defined as 'tactile sensation applied to computer applications' which bascially translates into software that enables users to 'feel' their interaction with the computer program.
WHY IS THAT USEFUL?
Although force feedback is common in computer games, it can bring real benefits to training environments of all kinds. UK Haptics is looking primarily at medical environments and the benefits of practising technique to establish confidence in nursing students in particular. Imagine the benefits of a situation where you can practise a procedure in a number of life like scenarios, learning as you do so how to improve and perfect your technique in a safe environment which poses no risk to patients, but where you do obtain feedback and metrics on performance.
