Virtual reality simulations in medicine present a variety of technical challenges that differ from those associated with flight, space, and battlefield simulations. One imposing barrier to the widespread adoption of medical simulators is the lack of software tools that could enable medical content developers to author simulations in their respective disciplines. Our experience in developing custom standalone virtual reality applications in medicine has provided the basis for the development of Teleos™, a software toolkit for authoring interactive simulations in medicine.

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1997
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