Demonstration Videos
Demonstrations of how to use Empedocles to practice the built in procedures will be presented here:
(1) The Nissen Fundoplication
(Requires a QuickTime plug-in for non-Mac systems and browsers)
If you cannot play this video you can watch it on You-Tube: here....
(2) Suturing
(Requires a QuickTime plug-in for non-Mac systems and browsers)
This demonstration illustrates how Empedocles is used to carry out a suturing exercise.
You can also download a version of this video and a shorter version for use on mobile devices like the iPhone and iPad here.... and here ...
If you cannot play this video you can watch it on You-Tube: here...
(3) Examining the instrument tracks
This demonstration shows how the movement of the instruments can be
examined later to see exactly how the surgeon moved the instruments. The
white dots follow the movement of the instruments as they move along the
path taken by the surgeon:
(4) Shadows
Empedocles can generate shadows as the instrument
move in the proximity of the tissue (as would happen in reality.) How
shadows are perceived by the observer can be a useful clue in spatial
awareness when a stereoscopy is not available:
(5) Walking the bowel
This demonstration illustrates how Empedocles is used to learn some very
basic steps. Here we see a simple exercise in hand to hand coordination in a
procedure we call "walking the bowel":
(6) Behind the scenes
This clip reveals the 3D mesh model that we paint and deform, can you spot
it:
(7) Pushing and Pulling
This demonstration shows some of the general actions of pushing and pulling:
(8) Bleeding
This shows how a small bleed can be simulated, when a vessel is pierced: