Note: This is an archived version of the HSL VR Studio project page, and the project is no longer active.
Virtual Reality in Academic Health Sciences Library: A Primer
This primer, an investigation of virtual reality (VR) in academic health sciences libraries, offers an extraordinary opportunity to meet and talk with University of Washington (UW) researchers, residents, and clinicians about the future role of research libraries.
IMLS Grant
The University of Washington Health Sciences Library received funding from The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)'s National Leadership Grant for Libraries, to design and build a Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) program and studio for surgical care teams to simulate cardiac surgery in a library environment. In collaboration with the University of Washington Center for Cardiovascular Innovation (CCVI) and School of Medicine, Bioinformatics and Medical Education, HSL will design and create a VR service in the Translational Research and Innovation Lab (TRAIL) utilizing a data wall, stereoscopic headsets, and a laptop. Pyrus Medical’s Bosc, the VR and AR software, allows participants to visualize complete patient anatomy in 3D, simulating depth, movement, and structure of the human body more realistically than on a standard computer screen.
The equipment purchased consists of one MSI GT73VR Titan Pro laptop with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card, one HTC Vive VR system, and one Oculus Rift VR system with the Leap Motion camera. We will be able to project what the clinician is demonstrating onto 2x3 video wall with 55-inch displays. The six screens can be set up in various display configurations, allowing researchers to show supplementary data and images next to the VR presentation, when desired.
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VIRTUAL REALITY STUDIO DETAILS
| PI: | Tania Bardyn, MLIS Health Sciences Library |
| Collaborators: |
Gili Meerovitch, CID, IIDA, LEED AP Beth Ripley, MD Aaron Daub, MD Mark Reisman, MD Dmitry Levin Edward Verrier, MD Chris Burke, MD Francisco Gensini, MD Kevin J Koomalsingh, MD Zane Atkins, MD G. Burkhard Mackensen, MD Ryan James Sandeep Napa, MBBS Eric Viertel Krieger, MD |
| Location: | Magnuson Health Sciences, Health Sciences Library, Room T216 |
| Year Started: | October 2017 |
| Project Manager | Adam Garrett |
| Library Staff: |
Michael Moore, MIST Deric Ruhl |
| Administering College/School: | UW Libraries |
| Faculty Involvement: | 11 |