Museum of Science and Industry
Virtual Patient Exhibit
Brief Description
The Virtual Patient Exhibit will teach visitors about how doctors interact with their patients. This will be done by allowing visitors to play the role of the doctor, and interview a virtual patient.
The visitor will first meet an "instructor" virtual character. This "instructor" will introduce the system and give the visitor a brief overview about how to interact with the patient. On screen the visitor will have three to five options of questions they may ask and/or explanations they may give to the patient. The patient will have a preprogrammed response to each question, intended to further the interview.
For example: the first patient may be a 25 year old woman with asthma. After asking the patient about her condition, the visitor (doctor) will explain what asthma is, give her advice on how to deal with asthma, and tell her how often she should visit the doctor.
The experience of being the doctor will be a memorable one. It may also help visitors to feel more comfortable the next time they visit a doctor.
Equipment Overview
The following images display the necessary equipment and one potential layout for the system. Click each image to see a larger view.
Note: This image will be annotated with dimensions.
View from the camera mounted behind the visitor(doctor).
Note: This view is shown on a plasma TV outside the room so other visitors can watch the experience. This can be seen in the image at the top of the page.
View from the camera mounted above the projected patient window.
This image will be used to track the location of the visitor (doctor) so that the patient can look at the visitor.
View from the camera mounted to the right side of the visitor (doctor).
In combination with the above view, this view will be used to keep track of the location of the visitor (doctor).
Screenshot of facial tracking technology.
Using the above two views, the virtual patient will know where the visitor (doctor) is located.
