Technologies for augmented reality systems: realizing ultrasound-guided needle biopsies
SIGGRAPH '96 Proceedings of the 23rd annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques
Augmented Reality Visualization for Laparoscopic Surgery
MICCAI '98 Proceedings of the First International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention
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VRAIS '95 Proceedings of the Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium (VRAIS'95)
ISAR '01 Proceedings of the IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Augmented Reality (ISAR'01)
ISMAR '05 Proceedings of the 4th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
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Current state of the art technology offers various solutions for developing virtual prototyping applications that also allow the interaction with the real environment. In particular, Augmented Reality (AR) technologies include tracking systems, stereoscopic visualization systems, photorealistic rendering tools, hi-resolution video overlay systems that allow us to create various types of applications where the virtual prototype is contextualized within the real world. One application domain is product design: AR technologies allow designers to perform some evaluation tests on the virtual prototype of industrial products without the necessity to produce a physical prototype. This paper describes the development of a new Video See-Through Head Mounted Display (VST-HMD) that is high-performing and based on stereoscopic visualization. The developed display system overcomes some issues concerning the correct visualization of virtual objects that are close to the user's point of view. The paper also presents the results of some tests about an AR application developed for product design assessment.