Press Release
Wei Sun Receives the Bronze A' Design Award for VR Mentor Dental Training Machine in Education, Teaching Aid and Training Content Design
The international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Wei Sun for education, teaching aid and training content design
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COMO, Italy, April 16, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ VR Mentor Dental Training Machine by Wei Sun, designed for Xi'an Jiaotong University, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Education, Teaching Aid and Training Content Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
More About VR Mentor Dental Training Machine
VR Mentor is a dental teaching and training system based on virtual reality. The system combines visual display, stereophonic sound and force feedback to create an immersive operating experience. Two teaching modes, hands on and shared haptic, and a training mode guide learners along recorded expert paths that produce attraction and resistance. The hardware measures 400 by 400 by 1400 millimetres and is set at an ergonomic height. The software is developed with Unity3D. VR Mentor reduces the need for anatomical specimens and lowers training costs.
About Wei Sun
Sun Wei (1998-) is an accomplished scholar who holds a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the prestigious School of Mechanical Engineering at Xi'an Jiaotong University. Prior to this, Sun Wei earned a bachelor's degree in Industrial Design from the esteemed School of Engineering at Ocean University of China. Sun Wei's academic pursuits are characterized by a diverse range of interests and expertise. His research directions primarily encompass virtual reality, human-computer interaction, and industrial design, reflecting a keen interest in innovative technologies and their applications in enhancing user experiences.
Award Record
With this recognition, Wei Sun is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Education, Teaching Aid and Training Content Design Award
The A' Education Design Award is an international competition recognizing good education products and projects by leading designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to education designers, teaching aid designers, training content creators and curriculum developers from all countries. Typical entries include textbooks, e-learning platforms, educational games, training manuals, instructional videos and interactive whiteboards. The awarded education designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/education
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/152438
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/152438
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!152438
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/331018
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://youtu.be/wm1QKZE-C2c
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- VR Mentor Dental Training Machine
- Function
- Dental Training Machine
- Category
- Education, Teaching Aid and Training Content Design
- Discipline
- Service Design
- Industry
- Education
- Colors
- Silver, Light Slate Gray, Steel Blue, Gray and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Xi'an Jiaotong University
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Wei Sun
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #152438
Credits
- Team
- Yao Luo, Shiwen Zhang, Zeyv Mo and Xiaoling Li
- Image Credits
- Wei Sun
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This product is a dental teaching and training system based on Virtual Reality. Through the multimodal combination of VR vision, stereophonic audition and force feedback, two innovative teaching modes, namely "Hands on" and "Shared haptic", along with a training mode, have been designed to provide students with immersive stereoscopic operation experience and sufficient practical opportunities.
- Inspiration
- In traditional dental education models, there are problems such as a shortage of anatomical specimens, high costs, and low efficiency, which lead to inadequate clinical training for students. The development of VR technology provides a promising solution for strengthening dental education by offering more realistic, efficient, and immersive virtual teaching and training experiences.
- Research
- Currently, traditional training suffers from shortage of specimen resources, high cost and low efficiency. This product is a dental teaching and training system based on Virtual Reality. Through the multimodal combination of VR vision, stereophonic audition and force feedback, two innovative teaching modes, namely "Hands on" and "Shared haptic," along with a training mode, have been designed to provide students with immersive stereoscopic operation experience and sufficient practical opportunities.
- Challenge
- The most challenging part is to explore and design a novel and effective teaching model that goes beyond mere visual and basic haptic effects in VR. This model should significantly improve students' learning efficiency and practical skills, enhancing their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
- Realization and Technology
- The system is mainly developed through Unity3D. The shell of the device can be made by ABS injection molding, which can not only meet the standards of medical devices, but also meet a certain strength and save the cost. The internal transmission and drive mechanism can use FRP and other materials with certain rigidity and fatigue resistance, which can ensure the stability and service life of the entire system.
- Operation and Interaction
- By recording the operation information of the expert, In the teaching mode, it can generate a standardized visualized path track on where the adsorption force can be generated. And the students are guided to move along the operation track in a way similar to the teaching by holding their hands. And the operation track can also produce resistance, which allows students to experience the magnitude of the force feedback.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started at Xi'an Jiaotong University in May 2022 and ended at Xi'an Jiaotong University in May 2023
- Specifications
- Hardware: 400 mm x 400 mm x 1400 mm. The height of the device is positioned ergonomically. Software: UWP application.
- Keywords
- Virtual Reality, Dentistry, Haptics, Teaching and training system, learning efficiency, Practical operation ability
