Health

Case Western Reserve looks to bring holograms to medical education

Written by Teunis Felter

By 2019, if the evaluations underway now at Cleveland’s Case Western Reserve University Medical School continue to confirm their effectiveness as teaching tools, medical students will learn anatomy, pharmacology, surgery and other medical classes using virtual reality holograms that would make teenaged gamers jealous. The creators of Microsoft’s HoloLens prefer to call it “mixed reality,” because users experience both people and things within the classroom, as well as the holographic images.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/06/case-western-reserve-holograms/

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Teunis Felter

Teunis Felter has over 20 years experience as an author, editor, and scientist. When not exploring outside, he enjoys reading history, researching genealogy, and civilly discussing politics.