This chapter presents the prototypical design and implementation of an Intelligent Welding
Gun to help welders in the automotive industry shoot studs with high precision into …

Like virtual reality, augmented reality is becoming an emerging platform in new application
areas for museums, edutainment, home entertainment, research, industry, and the art …

This tutorial discusses the Spatial Augmented Reality (SAR) concept, its advantages and
limitations. It will present examples of state-of-the-art display configurations, appropriate real …

Percutaneous needle insertion is amongst the most prevalent clinical procedures. The
effectiveness of needle-base interventions heavily relies on needle targeting accuracy …

In this paper we discuss a case study for which we applied a customized augmented reality
display-the Virtual Showcase-as a new platform for digital storytelling. Different storytelling …

We introduce WatchThru, an interactive method for extended wrist-worn display on
commercially-available smartwatches. To address the limited visual and interaction space …

Much of the visualization in image-guided interventions is achieved by creating a virtual
image of the surgical or therapeutic environment, based upon preoperative images, and …

In the realm of scientific research, chance is rarely acknowledged as a contributing factor in
fundamental findings—with a few exceptions. Owing to the accidental discovery of x-rays …

Local excision of rectal cancer with transanal endoscopic microsurgery has proved to be a
viable alternative to conventional, more radical techniques, but the reduced sensory …

This paper presents an approach to use a semitransparent display as a kind of window into
a patient in the context of medical augmented reality (AR) applications. Besides the …