System: Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift & Windows MR
Price at Time Of Review: £46.49
Comfort Rating: Green (No Movement)
Genre: Educational
Input: Tracked Motion Controllers
Best Playing Position: Standing or Sitting
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: 15+
Description: With 3D Organon you can manipulate bones, muscles, vessels, organs and other anatomical structures in an immersive 3D space. Examine structures from all angles, read/listen to anatomical terminology, and study definitions. Delve into body systems, peek under the skin, and see what you are made of. 3D Organon unfolds life-like high-resolution 3D models, covering every aspect of the human body. The extensive knowledge-base of anatomical definitions and terminology is based on the official Terminologia Anatomica.
Review: Have you ever seen those medical dummies that have parts students can remove and inspect? Well, imagine that same dummy containing over 4000 realistic anatomical parts and one being male one and one female? Ask yourself, how much would they probably cost the medical school or training college? Thousands? Tens of thousands? That is where 3D Organon VR Anatomy steps in. For just over £20 you get a fully-featured virtual reality anatomy atlas of both a male and a female body with full descriptions and advanced anatomy training.
I’m not going to pretend that I am in any way interested in studying the human anatomy, but what I am interested in is seeing apps like this take virtual reality in directions we would have never thought possible (or accessible) just a few years ago. My little brain boggles at the endless possibilities and benefits this app offers to someone who understands it and studies it. Even going so far as to help encouraging someone to take up a medical education.
The human body is something that is beautiful and amazing, but this app helps to make it seem so much more. The level of detail gone into the 4000 realistic anatomical models is simply incredible and a powerful educational tool. I learnt more in 10 minutes messing around with this app that I did in ten years of having it drummed into me in biology lessons.
If you have the money spare I would suggest to you that you download this app even if you have no interest in the human anatomy, just to support this sort of VR app that will make or break the future of VR, games are just a small part of the future of virtual reality and this sort of amazing application is the other 99% of what it will take to make VR successful.
