MMVR21

MMVR21 Medicine Meets Virtual Reality
http://www.nextmed.com
February 20 – 22, 2014
Manhattan Beach, California

NextMed/MMVR presents innovative research at the confluence of healthcare and information technology:

• Medical simulation and modeling
• Data visualization and fusion
• Imaging devices and methods
• Robotics
• Haptics
• Sensors
• Wearable and implantable electronics
• Human-computer interfaces
• Medical intelligence networks
• Mobile health applications
• Virtual and augmented reality
• Projection systems
• Learning and technology
• Simulator design and validation
• Preoperative planning
• Surgical registration and navigation
• Psychotherapy tools
• Physical rehabilitation tools
• Remote and battlefield care
• Serious games
• Patient and public health monitoring and education

digital versions of actors

Hollywood ‘craves digital versions of actors’
March 26, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21887750
Hollywood sometimes finds close-ups difficult to do during dangerous stunt scenes because the person carrying out the stunt is not the film star but a stunt man.

Digital CGI has gone a long way to creating believable images of characters but still finds difficulty replicating the complexities of the human face.
Marc Istook finds out how accurate digital copies can be.