Nick Lydatakis
University of Crete
17 Papers
26 Citations
Nick Lydatakis is an academic researcher from University of Crete. The author has contributed to research in topics: Virtual reality & Virtual machine. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 12 publications. Previous affiliations of Nick Lydatakis include Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas.
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Papers
Covid-19 - VR Strikes Back: innovative medical VR training
Paul Zikas,Manos N. Kamarianakis,Ioanna Kartsonaki,Nick Lydatakis,Steve Kateros,Mike Kentros,Efstratios Geronikolakis,Giannis Evangelou,Achilles Apostolou,Paolo Alejandro Alejandro Catilo,George Papagiannakis +10 more
- 05 Aug 2021
TL;DR: Covid-19 VR Strikes Back (CVRSB) as discussed by the authors is a VR medical training application focusing on a faster and more efficient teaching experience for medical personnel regarding the nasopharyngeal swab and the proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) donning and doffing.
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Virtual Reality Medical Training for COVID-19 Swab Testing and Proper Handling of Personal Protective Equipment: Development and Usability
Paul Zikas,Steve Kateros,Nick Lydatakis,Mike Kentros,Efstratios Geronikolakis,Manos N. Kamarianakis,Giannis Evangelou,Ioanna Kartsonaki,Achilles Apostolou,Tanja Birrenbach,Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos,Thomas C. Sauter,George Papapagiannakis +12 more
TL;DR: The algorithms, models and architecture of a medical virtual reality simulation aiming to train medical personnel and volunteers in properly performing Covid-19 swab testing and using protective measures, based on a world-standard hygiene protocol are described.
MAGES 4.0: Accelerating the World’s Transition to VR Training and Democratizing the Authoring of the Medical Metaverse
Antonis I. Protopsaltis,Nick Lydatakis,Mike Kentros,S. Geronikolakis,Steve Kateros,Manos N. Kamarianakis,Giannis Evangelou,Achilleas Filippidis,Eleni Grigoriou,Dimitris Angelis,Michail Tamiolakis,Michael Dodis,George Kokiadis,John H. Petropoulos,Maria Pateraki,George Papagiannakis +15 more
TL;DR: MAGES as mentioned in this paper is a low-code metaverse authoring platform for developers to rapidly prototype high-fidelity and high-complexity medical simulations, since networked participants can also collaborate using different VR/AR as well as mobile and desktop devices.
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MAGES 3.0: Tying the knot of medical VR
George Papagiannakis,Paul Zikas,Nick Lydatakis,Steve Kateros,Mike Kentros,Efstratios Geronikolakis,Manos N. Kamarianakis,Ioanna Kartsonaki,Giannis Evangelou +8 more
- 17 Aug 2020
TL;DR: MAGES 3.0 as discussed by the authors is a Virtual Reality (VR)-based authoring SDK platform for accelerated surgical training and assessment, which encapsulates the following novel algorithmic techniques: a) collaborative networking layer with Geometric Algebra (GA) interpolation engine b) supervised machine learning analytics module for real-time recommendations and user profiling c) GA deformable cutting and tearing algorithm d) on-the-go configurable soft body simulation for deformable surfaces.
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Less is More: Efficient Networked VR Transformation Handling Using Geometric Algebra
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors proposed two algorithms that can be applied in the context of a networked multiplayer VR session, to efficiently transmit the displacement and orientation data from the users' hand-based VR HMDs.