We will soon release a new version of H3DAPI with rigid body physics implemented using ODE and Physics. Below video from our Youtube channel shows a simple example on how it could work. Use any haptic device from Novint, SensAble, Moog, ForceDimension… or why not, your Wii control!
Rigid Body Physics with H3DAPI
February 23rd, 2009Next stop Salt Lake City
February 12th, 2009SenseGraphics will be presenting some new interesting features to H3DAPI during the WorldHaptics conference in Salt Lake City, US, March 18 to 20. We also hope to show some new interesting hardware products!
More information about this event to be found at the WorldHaptics web site: http://www.worldhaptics2009.org/
Eurographics MEDPrize to H3DAPI project
February 6th, 2009Eurographics just announced the winners of the MEDPrize 2009. SenseGraphics congratulates our partner behind the ImaGINe-S project who took the second price in the category!
See this YouTube video to learn more about the project!
Special price on the SensAble Omni haptics!
January 27th, 2009Just click on the banner to learn more about this time-limited offer on the SensAble Omni haptic device!
Update: The offer period is over. Send an email to sales@sensegraphics.com should you have any inquiries about the product.
Next stop LA
January 3rd, 2009SenseGraphics starts off this year by exhibiting at the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality conference in Los Angeles, 19 to 22 of January. The venue takes place at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach hotel and SenseGraphics will be there to show their latest advances in the field of medicine and virtual reality. Hopefully we will be able to show some of the new medical applications being developed using H3DAPI, more information will be available as we approach the conference.
For this conference we have also teamed up with MOOG to show their haptics as well as DepthQ StereoScopic to show their new HD real 3D stereo projector.
If you are present at the show make sure you join the workshop session of SenseGraphics CTO, Daniel Evestedt. The presentation will take place the 19th of January, Session C at 3.45: “H3DAPI: An Open Source API for Dexterous Skills Simulators”.
Read more about MMVR at http://www.nextmed.com/
Ergonomical study of using the Novint Falcon
December 18th, 2008Today we joined a class session at the Royal Institute of Technology. It was the final day in a design course focusing on ergonomics.
In one of the project group the Novint Falcon game haptics device was chosen. The Falcon group had identified a problem when using the gaming device for longer gaming session. Already after some minutes of use the test group felt pain in their under arms and shoulders. Although there are recommendations in the manual like; for one hours of gaming you should rest 15 minutes, use the arm chair as a resting place for your arm while playing games… it is really limiting for a hard core gamers to restrict the “never want to end” playing games using this cool device.
The test users claim they feel pain in the under arm and shoulders on specific muscles. To really prove this is the case, the project group used EMG measurement to get an understanding for the kind of stress the muscles are exposed to. The group then did literature studies to find out what recommended arm and hand positions there are, in theory, for this or similar kind of use. From this study and the previous conclusions on the user test they brought up some new concepts on handles developed and redesigned using the “JACK analysis” method (including force analysis). The group then manufactured new prototype handles which then was mounted on the Novint Falcon for new user test and EMG analysis. The final EMG analysis proved their new concepts being succesful in reducing the stress factor, especially on the under arm muscles.
If you would like to have a copy of the presentation please mail us!
UK Prime Minister a H3DAPI user?
December 10th, 2008UK Prime Minister recently opened up the International Digital Laboratory at the University of Warwick. The Digital Laboratory is an impressive new facility that will host world topp class academics with interest in digital technologies working on digital manufacturing and digital healthcare. During the opening ceremony, UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown used a demonstrational ‘virtual scissors’ to cut a ribbon in cyberspace. The demonstrator was actually built using H3DAPI and a SensAble Phantom Desktop haptic device.
Read more here: http://digital.warwick.ac.uk/News/prime-minister-opens-warwick-digital-laboratory.html
H3D Wiki!
July 18th, 2008Truth be told here – I think H3DAPI is cool and neat. And it is so not just because the development team at SenseGraphics has spent loads of time to deliver as seamless as possible a haptics platform, but also because of our H3DAPI users and community who have dedicated loads of time experimenting and developing with H3DAPI, and could still find those extra minutes to report the bugs (you guys are aweseome!).
When a few users feedbacked to us about the steep learning curve of haptics development, we decided on a solution that we think will not only be informative, but also harnesses the spirit of sharing within an open source community. So, we promised a wiki.
I am proud to announce that yesterday, we delivered that promise. The H3D Wiki is now up with information on installation, through to development. The content centers on H3DAPI, HAPI and the Candy and VHTK toolkits by Karljohan Lundin Palmerius. All H3D.org registered users are able to contribute to the wiki.
So, troop on now to the H3D wiki!
Eurohaptics in Madrid
June 11th, 2008First reports are coming in from Eurohaptics in Madrid. SenseGraphics released their Beta-release of H3DAPI jam-packed with new features. The crowd lined up at the SenseGraphics-MOOG both to learn more!
Getting closer to Eurohaptics 2008 in Madrid
June 4th, 2008Yes! We’re getting very close to this years Eurohaptics in Madrid and thus the next major release of H3DAPI.
Mark the 10th of June as the official release of H3DAPI version 2.0 Beta! This release comes with many new features and one of them includes stable support for the low priced Novint Falcon haptic device. The Novint Falcon is developed for the gaming industry but works very well for research and educational/programming use. SenseGraphics actually sold well over 100 Novint Falcon devices to Universities and other schools all around Europe, some of them even buying the device for full class room settings. Using the Falcon together with H3DAPI is a nice way of learning programming in 3D environments and a good entry point for students if they want to learn more advanced programming for medical simulators (as one example). Check out SenseGraphics Hall of Fame to see some of the examples on what can be done with H3DAPI.
Back to Eurohaptics in Madrid!
Starting the 10th with workshops the 11th of June marks the start for presentations and the industrial exhibitions. SenseGraphics, MOOG FCS, ForceDimension, Immersion, Haption will be there to mention a few companies active in the field.
The 12th, SenseGraphics will be holding a presentation in Aula C which includes “H3DAPI tech talk” and some more presentations from people actually using the software for application development. MOOG FCS will present more about their recently developed simulator for the dental industry. To our knowledge this would be the first hardware including haptics features targeting the dental simulating/teaching industry solely.
If you can not make it for the Eurohaptics conference, stay tuned on this blog as we hope to present more from Madrid here!