@inproceedings{0b13f47f49914b15858c6b04ed60348b,
title = "A Compact and Low-cost VR Tooth Drill Training System using Mobile HMD and Stylus Smartphone",
abstract = "Drilling teeth is a significant technique for dental learners. However, the existing VR tooth drill training simulators are physically large and costly, which cannot be used at home or classroom for a private study. This work presents a novel low-cost mobile VR dental simulator using off-the-shelf devices, including a mobile HMD and a stylus smartphone. In this system, a 3D-printed physical teeth prop is placed on an EMR stylus smartphone where its stylus tracks the tip position of a physical drill. Unlike existing solutions using haptic/force devices, our approach involving physical contact between the prop and drill tip enables the user{\textquoteright}s natural teeth hardness sensation. The use of smartphone stylus would enable significantly more accurate drill position sensing around the teeth than HMD{\textquoteright}s accompanying controllers. We also developed VR software to simulate tooth drilling on this setup. This demo will show how our new mobile simulator offers a realistic feeling of drilling teeth.",
keywords = "3D print, EMR stylus, Motion tracking, Training simulator",
author = "Tatsuki Takano and Kazuki Takashima and Kazuyuki Fujita and Hong Guang and Kaori Ikematsu and Yoshifumi Kitamura",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Copyright held by the owner/author(s).; 27th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST 2021 ; Conference date: 08-12-2021 Through 10-12-2021",
year = "2021",
month = dec,
day = "8",
doi = "10.1145/3489849.3489933",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
editor = "Spencer, {Stephen N.}",
booktitle = "Proceedings - VRST 2021",
}