What is the main idea of the Rumblepad?

Choosing ergonomically well designed devices equipped with several buttons and axes results in a system that no longer depends on traditional input devices, such as keyboard and mouse, at an increased rate of usability.

What is the advantage of the Rumblepad?

Its buttons ergonomically located in the back can be easily reached and used without changing or shifting the position of the hand and allow for untethered control of the system without having to use keyboard or mouse at all.

What input devices can be used for the Logitech WingMan Rumblepad?

other input devices, such as the Primax R© Raptor 3D joystick or the Microsoft R© SideWinder Force-feedback steering wheel shown in figure 1 can be used as input devices for this system.

What is the important aspect of the visualization system?

In the visualization system, the exterior view of the cardiovascular tree allows for a global examination and measurement of global distances.

What is the result of the Rumblepad?

In case of the Rumblepad, for instance, this results in a flexible low-cost 3D virtual environment, which enables efficient and intuitive 3D navigation.

What is the force induced on the gaming device?

In this case, a force is induced on the gaming device proportional to the speed and angle of the collision between camera and vessel wall.

How many axes can be compensated for in the Logitech WingMan Rumble?

The lack of a sufficient number of axes inthe latter device can be compensated by emulating an axis with two buttons for up or down movement, respectively.

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Force-Feedback-Enhanced Navigation for Interactive Visualization of Coronary Vessels

Thomas Wischgoll, +2 more

- 10 Oct 2004

- pp 598

Abstract: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the number one killer in the United States. Although it is well known that CHD mainly occurs due to blocked arteries, there are contradictory results from studies designed to identify basic causes for this common disease is. To find out more about the true reason for CHD, virtual models can be employed to better understand the way the heart functions. With such a model, scientists and surgeons are able to analyze the effects of different treatment options, and ultimately find more suited ways to prevent coronary heart diseases. To investigate a given model, appropriate navigation methods are required, including suitable input devices. For the visualization, graphics cards originally designed for gaming applications are used; so, it is a just natural transition to adapt gaming input devices to a visualization system for controlling of the navigation. These devices are usually well designed with respect to ergonomics and durability, yielding more degrees of freedom in steering than two-dimensional input devices, such as desktop mice. This poster describes a visualization system that provides the user with advanced control devices for navigation enabling interactive exploration of the model. Force-feedback and sound effects provide additional cues.

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1. What is the common way to use a virtual environment?

To improve navigation, one could use expensive input devices, such as pinch gloves [3], which are commonly used in virtual environments.

2. What is the advantage of virtual biomedical models?

The advantage of these gaming devices is their low cost (usually under $150), wide availability, universal applicability, good support through DirectInput, easy calibration, ergonomical design, high robustness, and flexibility through a number of programmable analog and digital axes and ergonomically placed buttons.

3. What is the way to use the Logitech WingMan Rumblepad?

A general interface based on DirectInput, where buttons and axes provided by the gaming device can be mapped arbitrarily to the controls of the system, allows for a setup tailored to the requirements of the user.

4. What is the purpose of the study?

Since different input devices are suitable for different application areas, user studies will be conducted as part of the future work.

Figure 3: A user in front of the visualization system using Microsoft’s SideWinder Force-feedback wheel.

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A survey of glove-based input

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