Welcome
to the University at Buffalo's Virtual Reality Laboratory.
The
students and faculty here are pioneering the use of VR technology
in areas such as surgery, remote robotic control, volcanic simulation
and factory design. The faculty involved in our projects pool their
expertise from fields as diverse as mathematics, geology, mechanical
engineering, aerospace engineering and medical sciences. With our
unique experience, industry partners and computational resources,
the lab is answering the technological challenges of today with
VR solutions.
RECENT RESEARCH
HAPTIC
DEVICE DESIGN
HAPSTICK: High Fidelity Haptic Simulation for Billiards
HAPTICS INPUT/OUTPUT RESEARCH
FINGERTIP DIGITIZER: Use your finger as an input device: 2D painting, 3D object digitizing, windows desktop applications, etc...
DESIGN & MANUFACTURING
TOUCH BASED INTERACTIVE NURBS MODELER: This project considers the development of tools for studying and enhancing the ability of a driver to cope with inclement conditions...
IMAGE GUIDED SURGERY IN NEURO-ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES: Assisting interventionalists in making decisions about accessibility by providing them with information on stent dimension, vessel curvatures and position and orientation of intervention devices...
"Device Promises Painting in Thin
Air - Discovery Channel" | Go
here
"Bringing touch to virtual worlds -
Boston Globe" | Go
here
"Virtual Clay: UB researcher brings sculptor's art to computer design"
| Go
here
"VR Lab scientists win Inventor of the Year Award" - Buffalo
News | Go
here
"Midas' Touch" on The Week | Go
here
"Touch Techology" on Christian Science Monitor | Go
here
UB
Virtual Site Museum on CNN Headline News | Go
here Dr. Kesavadas, VR Lab director's Interview: Rediff.com | Go
here "Giving Neurosurgeons a Gift of Touch -Business Week"
| Go
here VR-Fact! Virtual factory software featured: Business First Magazine
| Go
here More News
Federal: National
Science Foundation (NSF)
National
Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
National
Institute of Health (NIH)
National Highway Traffic Safty Administration (NHTSA)
Center
of Transportation Injury Research (CENTIR)
National
Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA)
State:
Unviversity
at Buffalo Multi Disciplinary Grant
New
York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR)
Center
for Advanced Technologies in Biomedical Engineering (CAT)
The
Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE/SPIR)
UB Virtual Site Museum The Virtual Heritage for Ancient Assyrian Archaeological Site in Iraq | CNN Headline News
UB Driving Simulator Tools for studying and enhancing the ability of a driver to cope with inclement conditions. Listen to background
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