VR Mentor Simulador de formación dental by Wei Sun

VR Mentor Simulador de formación dental by Wei Sun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award de Bronce in Diseño Educativo Competition Category.

BronceEducación· 2024

VR Mentor Simulador de formación dental

by Wei Sun

Client: Xi'an Jiaotong University

A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Educación Category

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The Design

About VR Mentor Simulador de formación dental

VR Mentor es un sistema de enseñanza y formación odontológica basado en la realidad virtual. El sistema combina la visualización visual, el sonido estereofónico y la retroalimentación de fuerza para crear una experiencia operativa inmersiva. Dos modos de enseñanza, práctico y háptico compartido, junto con un modo de entrenamiento, guían a los alumnos a lo largo de trayectorias registradas por expertos que generan atracción y resistencia. El hardware mide 400 por 400 por 1400 milímetros y se sitúa a una altura ergonómica. El software se ha desarrollado con Unity3D. VR Mentor reduce la necesidad de especímenes anatómicos y disminuye los costes de formación.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronce

VR Mentor Simulador de formación dental ha ganado el A' Design Award de Bronce, un reconocimiento sumamente prestigioso concedido a diseños sobresalientes que se distinguen por su creatividad, ingenio y astucia. Los ganadores de Bronce son artefactos ampliamente hábiles y sorprendentemente creativos que acreditan la vasta experiencia, imaginación e ingeniosidad de sus diseñadores. Se espera que VR Mentor Simulador de formación dental sea un objeto muy apreciado, admirado y querido, notablemente profesional e innovador. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Bronce incorpora las mejores prácticas del arte, la ciencia, el diseño y la tecnología, y es excelente por su atención al detalle. VR Mentor Simulador de formación dental satisface espléndidamente las necesidades, toca los deseos, encanta los sentimientos y atrae la curiosidad.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

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.
Dimensions & Packaging: Hardware: 400 mm x 400 mm x 1400 mm. The height of the device is positioned ergonomically. Software: UWP application.
Tags: Virtual Reality, Dentistry, Haptics, Teaching and training system, learning efficiency, Practical operation ability
Production 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.
Design 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.
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.
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.
Project Duration: The project started at Xi'an Jiaotong University in May 2022 and ended at Xi'an Jiaotong University in May 2023
Operation Flow: 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.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Wei Sun, 2023.
Team Members: Wei Sun
Yao Luo
Shiwen Zhang
Zeyv Mo
Supervisor: Xiaoling Li
Image Credits: Wei Sun