On February 10, 2025, the University of Agder hosted a dynamic dissemination event as part of the ImmersiveSurgicalEdu project, bringing together students, researchers, and academic staff to explore how emerging technologies are transforming surgical education. Held at B-bygget in Grimstad, the event welcomed around 20 participants, creating an interactive and engaging environment for discussing the…
Read MoreThe Fourth Transnational Meeting (TPM) of the Erasmus+ Immersive Surgical Education Project took place on October 15-16, 2025, at the LUHS Library and Information Center in Kaunas, Lithuania. The meeting focused on reviewing the project’s progress, addressing challenges, and planning future activities related to surgical training using Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Haptics.…
Read MoreBaptiste Lesquerré-Caudebez, a Master’s student from Polytech Dijon, developed a gamified VR-haptics framework for palpation training under the supervision of the project leader. This work, titled “Touch and Learn: A Gamified VR-Haptics Framework for Skillful Palpation Training,” was presented at the International Symposium on Biomechatronics and Robotics in Healthcare (BioMRH 2025), held in Brussels, Belgium,…
Read MoreThe meeting on the Immersive Surgical Education project took place in Kaunas, Lithuania, on March 13-14, 2025, hosted by KTU Faculty of Informatics. The meeting was aimed at reviewing the progress of various work packages (WPs) within the project, focused on enhancing surgical training using Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Haptics. The meeting…
Read MoreThe Second Transnational Meeting (TPM) of the Erasmus+ Immersive Surgical Education Project took place on October 8-9, 2024, at the Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics of the University of Siena, Italy. The meeting was designed to review progress on the work packages (WPs) and demonstrate various surgical training technologies. Day 1, October 8th, began…
Read MoreWe are proud to share the research conducted by our visiting students from France, Akimoul Millet and Alexis Cordaillat. The main goal of this research project is to design, build, and test a haptic-enabled immersive platform for surgical education.
Read MoreThe ImmersiveSurgicalEDU project is rapidly gaining momentum, and the recent project meeting on June 26th, 2024, was a testament to the team’s commitment to revolutionizing surgical education. This collaborative initiative, funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ Program, is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in medical training. The project’s goal is to create an immersive…
Read MoreOn January 23-24, 2024, the first transnational meeting for the Erasmus+ project “Immersive Surgical Education” took place. This project, spearheaded by the University of Agder, Norway, brings together a consortium of academic institutions including the University of Siena, Kaunas University of Technology, and the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. The project is funded by the…
Read MoreThe future of surgical education is about to change. With the launch of the ImmersiveSurgicalEDU project, a groundbreaking initiative is set to democratise access to advanced surgical training through cutting-edge technology. The kick-off meeting for this exciting project brought together an international team of experts, all united by a common goal: to create an immersive,…
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