Alle Artikel mit dem Schlagwort ‘Augmented Reality’

The Medical Image between Vision and Visualization

Conference „The Visual Image and the Future of the Medical Humanities„, Institute for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch. Galveston, USA, May 10, 2014 The trend towards minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgical procedures confronts medical treatment with a dilemma: on the one hand, there are possible benefits for the patient, such as less […]

The medical image between vision and visualization

I will give a talk at the „Visual Image and the Future of the Medical Humanities“ conference taking place 8-11 May 2014 in Galveston, Texas. In the paper „The medical image between vision and visualization How Augmented Reality is going to change the surgeon‘s point of view“ I will present and evaluate current approaches from […]

Augmented Intervention Assistant

In contrast to the consumer market, the development for head-mounted-display applications for medical use is slowly reaching an acceptable level of technical practicability. We will probably see the first devices in operating theatres soon, although there are still many problems to overcome such as usability, implementation in the workflow, clinical restricitions or acurate tracking methods. […]

CfP Figurationen von Mensch und Technik

Aus der Ausschreibung: „Das dynamische Verhältnis zwischen Mensch und Technik ist von zunehmender Verschmelzung und Entgrenzung geprägt, wobei die damit einhergehenden Wandlungsprozesse in unterschiedlichem Maße Aufmerksamkeit erfahren: Während soziale Netzwerke einen unübersehbaren Aufstieg erleben und „einen Trend gesteigerter Visibilitätszwänge“ (Reichert 2007: 212) etabliert haben, entwickelt sich das Internet der Dinge (vgl. auch Ubiquitous Computing bei […]

Talk: New Wearable Augmented Reality Visualization Technologies

Upcoming talk: Francesco Lapenta is talking at the Republica13 on Mediated Life after Virtualization. A Critical Look at the Scenarios Forecast by New Wearable Augmented Reality Visualization Technologies. Good to see this topic emerging also from within the humanities. From the abtract: „If, as Thomas and Cook state, ‘visual representations and digital visualization techniques take […]

Lost Memories

Der Kurzfilm Lost Memories von Francois Ferracci imaginiert eine digitale Zukunft einerseits als eine faszinierende Welt transparenter Bilder, Screens und Interfaces, die unser Sehfeld überlagern und die Objekte undserer Alltagswelt überformen. Andererseits stellt der Film aber zugleich aber, wie viele aktuelle Zukunftsutopien, die emotionale Kälte heraus, die von den digitalen Oberflächen ausgeht, die keinerlei haptische […]

Oculus Rift

Oculus Rift is a virtual reality headset concept for video games. It hit 1,5 million dollars at kickstarter in the first week! Nevertheless: Back it up! I think gaming is currently the motor of making Augmented Vision a consumer experience. Research and development on the merge of virtual and reality besides gaming remains largely conceptual […]