• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.150-156
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• 2019

Haptic systems have been widely used for both virtual reality and augmented reality application including game, entertainment, education and medical sectors. Clothing designers and retailers initiated using AR and VR technologies to help the consumers find style with the perfect fit. Most of the developed augmented reality shopping is implemented by overlapping the image of the clothes on the customer so that he/she can find the fit. However, those are only visual information and the customer cannot experience the real size and the stiffness of the clothes. In this paper, we present the haptic upper garment which provides the haptic feedback to the user using cables. By controlling the length of the cable, the size of the clothes is set and by stiffness control, the compliance of the fabric is implemented. The haptic garment is modeled for precise control and the distributed controller architecture is described. With the haptic upper garment, the user's experience of the virtual clothes is greatly enhanced.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.295-300
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• 2021

Recent advances in Internet-of-Things and wearable computing have established computationally sufficient infrastructure to remove the barriers of physical locations. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the use of remote collaboration, work-from-home, teleconferencing, online education, digital twin, and metaverse enriched with various configurations of augmented reality, virtual reality, mixed reality, and extended reality. Beyond specialized niche wearable applications in the medical and entertainment domains, we aim to identify the underlying characteristics of smartglass-enabled killer applications for everyday use. In this paper, we analyze intermediary roles in remote collaboration consisting of authoritative supervisors, synergetic collaborators, and speculative explorers. We also propose technical components for smartglass-assisted interactive remote collaboration composed of personal tracking, teleconference, and interaction components. More specifically, the application tasks of each intermediary role and objectives of three functional components are defined and elaborated.

• 정보학연구
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.21-32
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• 2006

Acrophobia is a symptom of feeling an abnormal fear of heights. Medications or cognitive-behavior methods have been mainly used to treat the acrophobia. In these days the virtua1 reality technology has been applied to treat such an anxiety disorders. In this thesis, an telemedicine assistant system for treatment of acrophobia using biomedical signals and virtual reality technique is proposed. I made two virtual reality simulations for treatment of acrophobia and telemedicine system for communication between doctor and patient using personal computer. A virtual environment provides patient with stimuli which arouses phobia, and exposition to such environment makes him have ability to overcome the fear. Recently, the patient can take diagnosis from a medical doctor in distance with the telemedicine system. Multimedia conference service, on-line questionary, signal transfer system are needed to configure such system. Virtual reality simulation system that composed of position sensor, head mount display, and audio system, is also included in this telemedicine system. I added virtual environment update system to this virtual reality telemedicine system for treatment of acrophobia. Former acrophobia treatment systems use only patient's score of the questionary to appraise. The new system developed in this thesis uses not only patient's score of the questionary but also biomedical signals such as HR, GSR amplitude, GSR RT to increase the objectivity and quantitativity. The experimental results show that HR and GSR amplitude are useful for decision of acrophobia. We will apply this system to the acrophobia patient in distance and be able to offer better medical treatment for mental illness in near future.

• 한국차세대컴퓨팅학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.40-50
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• 2019

최근에는 증강 현실 기술과 가상 현실 기술이 사용되는 의료 영상 분야에서 Low-end 시스템에 대한 정확한 인체 모델을 시각화하는 것이 중요하다. 모델의 기하구조를 줄이면 원래 모양과 다른 점이 나타나고 그 차이를 오류로 간주한다. 따라서 기하구조를 축소하면서 오류를 최소화해야 한다. 본 연구에서는 CT 나 MRI 등의 단층 영상에서 인체 장기에 해당하는 영역을 분할하여 3 차원 기하학적 모델을 생성함으로써 다중 해상도의 상세 단계 모델의 재구성 방법을 구현했다. 실험에서 가상 현실 플랫폼은 척추 영역을 재구성한 모델의 모양을 검증하기 위해 구축되었다. 가상 현실 플랫폼을 이용하여 3D 인체 모델과 환자 정보를 확인할 수 있다.

• 한국컴퓨터그래픽스학회논문지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.87-94
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• 2017

상용의 게임 엔진의 기능이 향상되면서 과학적 가시화 프로그램에 게임 엔진을 적용하는 사례가 증가하고 있다. 본 연구는 Unity3D 게임 엔진을 기반으로, 의료 볼륨 데이터를 가시화하는 가상현실 응용프로그램의 제작 사례를 설명한다. 게임 엔진을 사용하는 경우, 반투명한 물체의 깊이 정렬이나 가상현실 하드웨어 지원과 같이, 응용 프로그램이 필요한 다양한 기능이 기본적으로 제공되는 장점이 있다. 한편, 게임 엔진의 특성에 적합하도록 응용 프로그램의 구조를 수정하여 적용해야 하는 제약이 있다. 본 연구는 게임 엔진의 구조를 이용하여 의료 볼륨 데이터의 가시화를 수행하는 방법에 대해 설명한다. 그 결과, 표면 데이터와 의료 볼륨 데이터 조각들이 함께 구성된 가상현실 장면을 생성할 수 있었으며, 게임 엔진의 의료 시뮬레이션 제작 도구로서의 가능성을 확인하였다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제60권11호
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• pp.337-343
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• 2017

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common psychiatric disorders in childhood. This disorder, in addition to its main symptoms, creates significant difficulties in education, social performance, and personal relationships. Given the importance of rehabilitation for these patients to combat the above issues, the use of virtual reality (VR) technology is helpful. The aim of this study was to highlight the opportunities for VR in the rehabilitation of children with ADHD. This narrative review was conducted by searching for articles in scientific databases and e-Journals, using keywords including VR, children, and ADHD. Various studies have shown that VR capabilities in the rehabilitation of children with ADHD include providing flexibility in accordance with the patients' requirements; removing distractions and creating an effective and safe environment away from real-life dangers; saving time and money; increasing patients' incentives based on their interests; providing suitable tools to perform different behavioral tests and increase ecological validity; facilitating better understanding of individuals' cognitive deficits and improving them; helping therapists with accurate diagnosis, assessment, and rehabilitation; and improving working memory, executive function, and cognitive processes such as attention in these children. Rehabilitation of children with ADHD is based on behavior and physical patterns and is thus suitable for VR interventions. This technology, by simulating and providing a virtual environment for diagnosis, training, monitoring, assessment and treatment, is effective in providing optimal rehabilitation of children with ADHD.

• 실천공학교육논문지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.117-122
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• 2013

첨단 IT 기술이 발달함에 따라 가상현실 기술이 빠르게 발달하고 있으며, 각 분야에서 가상현실 기술을 이용한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 가상현실을 활용한 분야로는 교육, 군사, 의료, 예술, 오락 등, 다양한 분야에서 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 가상현실기술을 기술교육분야에 적용하여 다양한 형태의 가상훈련 콘텐츠를 개발하였으며 개발된 가상훈련 콘텐츠들을 유형별 분류하고 그 특징과 효과를 비교하고 분석하였다. 또한 가상훈련 콘텐츠를 기술교육에 실제 활용한 사례를 유형별로 조사하여 가상훈련 콘텐츠의 교육적 효과를 확인하였다.

• 동서간호학연구지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2017

Purpose: This study was to identify the effects of self-resilience and social support on reality shock among new graduate nurses. Methods: The data was collected using self-reported questionnaires from a convenience sample of 111 new graduate nurses. The data was analyzed by descriptive statistical, independent t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe test, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression via the SPSS Window 23.0 program. Results: Among general and work related characteristics, factors that have shown significant differences on reality shock were gender (t=-2.29, p=.024), work unit (t=3.31, p=.023) and whether they are working at unit they desired (t=-5.08, p<.001). Reality shock has shown a negative correlation with self-resilience (r=-.51, p<.001) and social support (r=-.41, p<.001). Factors that affected the reality shock on new graduate nurses were self-resilience (${\beta}=-.43$, p<.001), whether they are working at unit they desired (${\beta}=.35$, p<.001) and their currently work unit (${\beta}=-.17$, p=.028). These factors take into account of 38.0% of overall reality shock. Conclusion: The results suggest that self-resilience, desired unit and current work unit should be considered as factors when developing an intervention to alleviate the reality shock experienced by new graduate nurses.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2017

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of an immersive, virtual reality-based exercise program on range of motion and dexterity in the upper extremities of stroke patients. Methods: Fifteen patients with hemiparesis after stroke participated in this study. The participants participated in Rapael Semart GloveTM, an immersive, virtual reality-based exercise program, performed for 30 minutes-, 3 times per week for 4 weeks. The Rapael Smart GloveTM program and a Box and Block Test (BBT) were used to measure range of motion and to assess dexterity, respectively, pre-and post-intervention. Results: Range of motion in pronation and supination of the forearm and flexion, extension, and ulnar deviation of the wrist improved after the intervention. Dexterity measured by BBT also improved. However, range of motion in flexion and extension of the fingers and radial deviation of the wrist did not improve. Conclusion: This study presents the effects of an immersive, virtual reality-based exercise program on hand function. In the future, a study comparing an immersive, virtual reality- based exercise program to other upper-extremity interventions for stroke patients should be conducted. A study about the effects of an immersive virtual reality program on activities of daily living is also needed.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.336-341
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• 2017

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of virtual reality(VR) exercise using XBOX $Kinect^{TM}$ on the scoliometer angle and muscle activities of the trunk. The subjects of the study were 13 young adults who devided into a virtual reality-based exercise group(VREG, n = 7) and a traditional stabilization exercise group(TSEG, n = 6). The VREG received virtual reality game for 5 days a weeks, 30 minutes a day, for a 2 weeks and the TSEG received general trunk stabilization exercise for the same period and frequency. The subjects were measured and compared for muscle activities of trunk stabilization before and after the program. VREG tend to decrease more than TSEG in scoliometer angle. In addition, VREG showed a significant decrease in muscle activities of multifidus. This study presents the impact of virtual reality-based exercise program on trunk balance and stabilization. The following studies need customized programs for subjects that trunk balance and stabilization is required.