A NEW GENERATION OF VIRTUAL SIMULATION

Virtual Reality simulators for part-task surgical training have been in existence since the mid-1990s. Whilst the technology is still in its infancy as far as the surgical community is concerned, recent developments suggest a potential near-term revolution in the capabilities of surgical skills trainers, brought about as a result of significant and positive priceperformance trends in computing hardware and software.

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