Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) hold a great promise for use in many cell therapies and tissue engineering due to their remarkable potential to replicate indefinitely and differentiate into various cell types. Many efforts have been put to study the factors controlling stem cell differentiation. However, still little knowledge has been gained to what extent biomaterials properties influence stem ...

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Monocular image quality on virtual reality (VR) head‐mounted displays (HMDs) is radially variant each eye piece. The blurred at the periphery of display field view primarily by thin lenses stacked top VR backplane, resulting in resolution and contrast degradation. Conventional measurement methods adopted from flat‐panel evaluation do not consider spatially artifacts additional optical component...

360° videos and Head-Mounted Displays (HMDs) are geŠing increasingly popular. However, streaming 360° videos to HMDs is challenging. Œis is because only video content in viewers’ Fieldof-Views (FoVs) is rendered, and thus sending complete 360° videos wastes resources, including network bandwidth, storage space, and processing power. Optimizing the 360° video streaming to HMDs is, however, highl...

Optical see-through head-mounted displays (OST HMDs) are a major output medium for Augmented Reality, which have seen significant growth in popularity and usage among the general public due to the growing release of consumer-oriented models, such as the Microsoft Hololens. Unlike Virtual Reality headsets, OST HMDs inherently support the addition of computer-generated graphics directly into the ...

The successful osseointegration of a bone implant is greatly dependent on its ability to support cellular adhesion and functions. Deposition of thin composite coatings onto the implant surface is a promising approach to improve interactions with cells without compromising implant bulk properties. In this work, we have developed composite coatings, based on hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDS) and detona...

Advances in helmet-mounted displays (HMDs) have permitted the design of “see-through” displays in which virtual imagery may be superimposed upon real visual environments. Such displays have numerous potential applications; however, their promise to improve human perception and performance in complex task environments is threatened by numerous technological challenges. Moreover, users of HMDs ma...

Augmented Reality (AR) superimposes computer-generated graphics onto the user's view of the real world. Today, AR applications can occasionally be found in the late phases of the product development process (PDP), such as in training and in maintenance. Head-mounted displays (HMDs) are typically used for AR applications. HMDs still show deficiencies in terms of ergonomics and image quality. Loo...

We carried out three experiments to examine the influence of field of view and binocular viewing restrictions on absolute distance perception in real-world indoor environments. Few of the classical visual cues provide direct information for accurate absolute distance judgments to points in the environment beyond about 2 m from the viewer. Nevertheless, in previous work it has been found that vi...