By Janice Phelan,
September 28, 2021
Assisted by the Mixed Reality Studio Team, UCM School of Nursing instructors participate
in a demonstration of augmented and virtual reality.
Nursing instructors from the 欧美视频 (UCM) recently participated
in a demonstration of UCM鈥檚 augmented and virtual reality capabilities. Students from
the university鈥檚 Mixed Reality Studio Team are working with UCM鈥檚 School of Nursing to develop applications using AR and VR programs to create simulated healthcare scenarios
for nurses in training.
During the Sept. 27 AR-VR demos, UCM School of Nursing instructors donned headsets
and AR-VR gloves to better understand how the emerging technology can simulate healthcare
settings. The UCM staff members were assisted by members of the Mixed Reality Studio
Team.
Through augmented and virtual reality, nursing students train within realistic scenarios
in settings such as hospital rooms, intensive care wards and operating suites. The
scenarios help them learn critical aspects of patient care while also preparing the
students for healthcare situations ranging from routine care to handling a healthcare
crisis.
By working together, the Mixed Reality Studio Team and School of Nursing will help
bring the clinical environment directly to the nursing students as they prepare for
careers in healthcare.
At the Mixed Reality Studio, a part of UCM鈥檚 Gigabit Lab, innovators have the opportunity to use the studio鈥檚
leading-edge devices to create, develop and deploy both augmented and virtual reality
experiences. The Mixed Reality Studio was launched by UCM in the fall of 2020 at the
Missouri Innovation Campus in Lee鈥檚 Summit. For more information about the Gigabit
Lab and Mixed Reality Studio, contact Joe Mullins of UCM at jmullins@ucmo.edu or (816) 441-2861 or Dr. Laurel Hogue of UCM at lhogue@ucmo.edu.