title: Flatland sound services design supports virtual medical training simulations.
abstract: This paper describes the evolution of the design of Flatland Sound Service (FSS), a sound system for virtual reality required to support Project TOUCH (Telehealth Outreach for Unified Community Health), a multi-year collaboration between the Schools of Medicine at the state Universities of Hawaii and of New Mexico. Two virtual sonic environments specific case scenarios, a neurological trauma (Toma) and a virtual kidney nephron (Nephron), were developed using integrated services provided by FSS. Flatland is an open source visualization and virtual reality application development tool created at the University of New Mexico.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of ECE, University of New Mexico, USA.
authors.forename: Victor M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Vergara
authors.lastname: Panaiotis
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eyring
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greenfield
authors.forename: Kenneth L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Summers
authors.forename: Thomas Preston
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Caudell
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004501:Education, Medical; D009516:New Mexico; D013016:Sound; D014584:User-Computer Interface