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For your eyes only…

johan — Fri, 28 May 2010 06:30:11 +0000

We have just started a thesis project to investigate the possibility to integrate Tobii eye tracking technology with SenseGraphics H3DAPI and SenseGraphics Display solutions. Tobii, a company in Sweden, has been very successful in bringing their eye tracking products to the market, not only for assistive and research use but also in outstanding eye-tracking solutions for market research and usability studies/analysis. In just a couple of years they’ve grown from a small start-up to a company employing well over 200 people, all over the world!

The Tobii eye tracking technology has some advantages to competitors solutions; fully automatic eye tracking, very high accuracy with the ability to track nearly all people with good tolerances on head motions.

The thesis work includes hardware integration of eye tracking for use in SenseGraphics “immersive workbench” solutions. As we are using real stereo 3D in our setups, there is a great challenge to overcome the problem of 3D glasses blocking lights. Tobii is using advanced image processing of a person’s face and eyes and reflections in the eyes of infrared reference lights to estimate eye position and precise “gaze target”. The thesis project will investigate some possible solutions and hopefully we’re able to present a working prototype later this year…!?

The combination of eye tracking and use of haptics in real 3D stereo interactive environments would allow for some very interesting research possibilities in for example neuroscience. Hopefully our H3DAPI users will “soon” gain access to users gaze and eye position data for further research application development in SenseGraphics Display solutions…

SenseGraphics H3DAPI user community is growing…

johan — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:43:50 +0000

I have recently received lots of proofs on applications beeing developed using SenseGraphics H3DAPI. Some of these consits of videos which are going to be posted on SenseGraphics H3DAPI Youtube user channel (www.youtube.com/h3dapi). First out is Dr Felix Hamza-Lop from the Armstrong Atlantic State University with a great video that shows how haptics is used for learning physics…

SenseGraphics introduces the HapticWall

johan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:57:51 +0000

We have recently seen loads of new 3D visualisation technologies hitting the market, more affordable and easier to use then ever! SenseGraphics has to put together a nice package that includes everything you will need to get your work started using SenseGraphics H3DAPI, SensAble haptics and real 3D stereo visualisation.

Featuring a 30-40 inch rear projected, high quality screen and a 120 Hz short throw projector together with active shutter glasses this is the ideal entry-level solution to real 3D stereo visualisation and haptics programming. With H3DAPI you will be able to feel what you see, interact in your 3D sceene, using the included SensAble Omni haptics device.

Please let us know if you’re interested in this solution by sending us an email: info@sensegraphics.com!

SenseGraphics Display and technology featured on BBC News

johan — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:00:00 +0000

ImaGINe-S, Imaging Guided Interventional NedleSimulation, is a simulator for Ultrasonic guided needle punture procedures developed by researchers at Bangor Wales, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Imperial and Hull University.

Based on SenseGraphics H3DAPI and SenseGraphics Display, the simulator brings together a virtual patient, needle, sonic probe and image sonic data in a realistic environment for hands on simulation and training.

See the BBC Wales coverage with Professor Nigel John at the Bangor University to learn more!