Neuroanatomy is notoriously tricky to learn as the complex 3D structures are often taught using 2D graphics in textbooks and lectures which can be difficult to imagine from multiple angles. Time in lab is often limited as are resources and it is rare that a brainstem is available for dissection. For this reason students are …

XR technologies lend themselves well to explorable content as it allows the user to physically dive into the material. Both augmented reality accessible through apps on phones and tablets and mixed reality available on headsets like the HoloLens and the Meta Quest Pro allow pass through via cameras seamlessly bringing virtual elements into your physical …

For this project I decided to depict the many layers of the retina from a head on view as if you were looking into someones eyes through to the rear layer of the eyeball. The first layer I worked on was the choriocapillaris and vascular tissues that supply the essential cells that process visual stimuli …

LiDar scanning works through light reflectance to measure the distance an object lies from the camera in order to build a point cloud and through connecting these points via vertices you get a polygonal mesh model as a virtual object. This method tends to perform better than photogrammetry which assembles a model of an object …

We also found there are some limitations to the Artec Space Spider as far as scale in the attempt to scan a species of bee. It appears that objects around the size of a usb or larger are the most optimal for scans. For objects that are smaller we may consider this open source 3D …