| Title |
Performance Evaluation and Development of Virtual Reality Bike Simulator |
| Authors |
김종윤(Kim, Jong-Yun) ; 송철규(Song, Chul-Gyu) ; 김남균(Kim, Nam-Gyun) |
| Keywords |
postural balance ; virtual reality ; bike simulator ; visual feedback |
| Abstract |
This paper describes a new bike system for the postural balance rehabilitation training. Virtual environment and three dimensional graphic model is designed with CAD tools such as 3D Studio Max and World Up. For the real time bike simulation, the optimized WorldToolKit graphic library is embedded with the dynamic geometry generation method, multi-thread method, and portal generation method. In this experiment, 20 normal adults were tested to investigate the influencing factors of balancing posture. We evaluated the system by measuring the parameters such as path deviation, driving velocity, COP(center for pressure), and average weight shift. Also, we investigated the usefulness of visual feedback information by weight shift. The results showed that continuous visual feedback by weight shift was more effective than no visual feedback in the postural balance control It is concluded this system might be applied to clinical use as a new postural balance training system. |