Humans naturally use speech, gestures and 3D interactions with touch, smell and taste capabilities to interact with the real environment. Professor Vinesh Raja of the Warwick Manufacturing Group believes that at least some of these modes of interaction between us and computers in the near-future — and playing a major role in healthcare applications such as stroke rehabilitation, as well as the more obvious applications in the games industry.
Professor Raja is currently interim Director of the Institute of Digital Healthcare and Head of the Informatics and Virtual Reality Group, part of WMG’s International Digital Lab. His main research focus is on digital healthcare with projects including remote patient monitoring, assistive technologies, virtual surgery and digital human anatomy.
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