Computer science researchers create augmented reality education tool | UToday

This is cool. Christian's lab has been producing some amazing tech for visualizing and interacting with human and cellular anatomy, including LINDSAY Virtual Human, and now this:

Christian Jacob and Markus Santoso are trying to re-create the experience of the aforementioned agents in Fantastic Voyage. Working with 3D modelling company Zygote, they and recent MSc graduate Douglas Yuen have created HoloCell, an educational software. Using Microsoft's revolutionary HoloLens AR glasses, HoloCell provides a mixed reality experience allowing users to explore a 3D simulation of the inner workings, organelles, and molecules of a healthy human cell.Jacob has plenty of experience in bioinformatics as the head of the Lindsay Virtual Human Project.

By combining forces with Santoso, an Eyes High Postdoctoral Fellow with an extensive background in AR research, the pair are taking interactive education to the next level. "We're finessing the cell right now, but eventually we will expand this software to include the entire body," explains Jacob, who says that upscaling the project will be relatively straightforward and will eventually become a widely-used educational tool.

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