METHOD OF LEARNING USING INTERACTION WITH PHYSICAL OBJECTS IN VIRTUAL REALITY Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC A61B5/16 G09B23/28 

FIELD: computer technology.

SUBSTANCE: present technical solution relates to methods for teaching users the skills of a physical examination to recognize pathologies using a virtual reality simulation system. A method is proposed, which includes the following steps: to a trainee, in real time, in virtual reality glasses, an animated interactive patient is broadcast, which is synchronized along the outlines of the body with a physical mannequin located in close proximity to the trained user, allowing the user in real time to tactilely feel the anatomically reliable body relief and carry out palpation, percussion and auscultation of organs, and the efforts exerted by the user when interacting with the mannequin during palpation, percussion or auscultation are determined using weight sensors and / or magnetic sensors and converted into deformation of the virtual patient's body surface, due to which audio and / or video stream is reproduced in virtual reality glasses in the form of motor, speech and facial reactions of virtual patients to the influence of the trainee, with the possibility of visualizing pathological changes, and the fixed coordinates and pressure forces applied by the user to the mannequin are used by the computer system for automated evaluation of user actions, according to predetermined criteria.

EFFECT: improved learning efficiency.

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