![]() ![]() When implementing surgical training in VR, the simulation can include either some basic tasks that are performed during specific surgeries, or full surgical procedures. Leap Motion is a motion sensor that recognizes users’ actions and translates them into commands on a VR device or computer. ![]() The device includes two controllers, but in this study, they used the Leap Motion in order to keep the participants’ hands free. The Oculus Rift requires a wired computer connection as well as the installation of the Oculus software on the computer and then through screencast displays the 3D VE on the glasses of the Rift device. Sampogna et al used the Oculus Rift device combined with the Leap Motion sensor. The cost of these devices does not exceed $500, making surgical training more accessible to any hospital setting and open to more participants. Such devices are the Oculus Rift, Meta Quest, HTC Vive, Pico. During the past years, there has been a rapid shift in the exploration of low-cost devices, offering the possibility of a larger market to the creators of any application. While the aforementioned devices offer a unique interactive experience, their cost can be extremely high. Finally, the review concluded with a comparative synthesis of the main findings and a discussion on the proposal of a system for implementing these findings on surgical education in the field of organ transplantation. The main topics addressed were the use of technologies in surgical education, the methodologies for the implementation of the training systems, the evaluation approaches and the strengths and limitations of the studies. For this purpose, three highly influential scientific papers were selected and discussed. The aim of the present mini-review was to explore the use of VR simulators either alone or in combination with head-mounted displays (HMDs) in surgical education and in the construction of 3D models of internal organs. In order to exploit all these advantages, many solutions have been implemented, like the da Vinci Skills Simulator and the LAP Mentor VR laparoscopic surgical simulator. More specifically, in the case of surgical education, the use of VR has been favored, due to many reasons, such as lack of mentors, reduction in training hours and various issues concerning operative procedures. VR has also found numerous applications in medical education. Additionally, the level of immersion of VR has been found to be proportional to the number of mo dalities involved. In the case of education, the main advantage of using VR, is the immersion it provides, by using personalized experiences, promoting engagement, and providing hints that it may enhance learning, through the motivation aligned with the active participation of students.Īs the immersion of the system increases, the effectiveness of the training module increases. During the past few years, the use of virtual reality (VR) has increased rapidly in a number of sectors, like education transportation and healthcare. ![]()
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