FundamentalVR Announces Partnership with Leading Robotics Expert Haply Robotics
March 2023 — FundamentalVR and Haply Robotics announced a strategic partnership to support FundamentalVR’s mission of transforming traditional surgical training methods through virtual reality (VR) and advanced haptic technology.
FundamentalVR, a global leader in immersive surgical training through its HapticVR™ technology, has partnered with Haply Robotics, an award-winning company specializing in haptics and robotics technologies, to deliver a more realistic and immersive medical training experience.
Advancing Surgical Training Through Haptic Technology
Haply Robotics develops highly portable, high-performance, and affordable haptic controllers, led by its flagship Inverse3 device.
Through this partnership, Haply Robotics will help FundamentalVR expand its training platform to support medical procedures that require high-fidelity interaction, realistic touch feedback, and precise simulation.
Improving Medical Education with VR and Haptic Feedback
FundamentalVR’s Fundamental Surgery platform combines virtual reality with HapticVR™ technology to provide collaborative clinical training experiences.
The platform helps healthcare professionals improve skills while reducing surgical risks by simulating realistic physical sensations, including:
Bone textures
Muscle interaction
Soft tissue resistance
Surgical movements
This technology enables medical professionals to safely practice complex procedures in an immersive virtual environment.
Industry Leaders Share Their Vision
Richard Vincent
Co-founder and CEO of FundamentalVR
Richard Vincent highlighted the importance of innovation in expanding the Fundamental Surgery platform. The partnership with Haply Robotics supports FundamentalVR’s goal of improving medical device and pharmaceutical training programs through a hardware-agnostic platform and enhanced skills transfer capabilities.
Colin Gallacher
President and Co-Founder of Haply Robotics
Colin Gallacher explained that Haply’s haptic devices will enhance FundamentalVR’s virtual environments and medical training scenarios by introducing realistic force feedback and a true sense of touch.
About FundamentalVR
FundamentalVR provides immersive multi-user medical simulations known as Blended VR, powered by HapticVR™ interactions.
The platform helps medical device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies improve training, product adoption, and compliance through realistic surgical simulations.
Key benefits include:
Full medical procedure rehearsal
Competency and skills tracking
Multi-user training capabilities
Data-driven insights
Improved patient outcomes
The Fundamental Surgery platform is accredited by leading global education institutions and supports multiple training approaches for healthcare professionals.
About Haply Robotics
Haply Robotics is a Canada-based technology company specializing in haptics and robotics solutions.
The company’s flagship product, the Inverse3 haptic controller, provides portable, high-performance, and affordable force-feedback technology.
Haply’s solutions are used across multiple industries, including:
Medical simulation
Industrial robotics
3D design
Gaming
With a growing team of engineers, software developers, researchers, and manufacturing experts, Haply continues developing advanced haptic solutions that improve the way humans interact with digital environments.
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FundamentalVR and Haply Robotics announced a partnership to transform traditional surgical training through virtual reality and advanced haptic technology, creating immersive medical simulation experiences with realistic touch feedback.
