Taipei Medical University pioneers world’s largest virtual reality anatomy class

In collaboration with HTC, Taipei Medical University established the world’s largest virtual reality (VR) anatomy classroom in late 2018. The 3D Organon VR system gives headgear-wearing students a comprehensive view of structures in the human body.The university is working with the health and medical division of smart phone and VR manufacturer HTC (High Tech Computer Corporation). The resulting world’s largest VR anatomy class is furnished with 10 sets of VIVE Pro (awarded 2018 VR headgear of the year) and 3D Organon VR anatomy software. This enables individual study as well as cooperative use of the same VR environment, and allows students to visualize lectures on anatomical structures in depth to better understand how bodies function.Anatomy and Cell Biology Director Hung-Ming Chang of the College of Medicine says adding VR to anatomy courses overcomes previous limitations such as unobservable structures or awkward angles. As students can better learn how anatomical structures are interlinked in three-dimensional spaces, this should increase instructional effectiveness.