Among its hundreds of applications, medical procedures have been among the first to be developed. Today, several graphics packages offer the detail and three-dimensional quality that can be used to reproduce everyday objects. Most of the developments in the field have been contributions to human medicine.
Students also have no limits to the number of times they can practice a procedure.
Among the procedures being transferred into virtual reality are endotracheal intubation, ovariohysterectomy and castration, intravenous catheterization, and venipuncture. Other problems native to virtual reality have also appeared on this project, such as development of realistic tactile senses and slow scene-updating rate. The Animal Welfare Information Center U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service National Agricultural Library 10301 Baltimore Ave.