实现医疗, a VR company specializing in medical 3D modeling has announced a partnership with software and peripheral manufacturerLogitechto kit out itsElucis VR具有互动性的平台。使用Logitech的VR Ink Pilot Edition手写笔，用户现在将能够直接在Elucis中精确绘制和编辑3D医疗模型。
The Elucis VR platform
实现的Elucis使用户可以将医疗图像转换为3D医疗模型，然后可以在VR环境中探索和操纵。这些模型也可以作为RAW 3D文件导出，这意味着它们可以在第三方软件程序中进行3D打印或数字可视化。
该平台最初是由医疗专业人员发明的University of Ottawa，他们分支成立了实现医疗。自成立以来，该公司一直专注于利用VR的力量将新的生命带入临床教育和培训中。创始人还认为，3D模型在特定于患者的治疗计划中具有巨大的潜力，并希望在未来几年看到VR，AR和3D打印在医疗保健中猖ramp。
An extra dimension with the VR Ink stylus
Logitech’s first-generation VR stylus is a clever tool with a plethora of applications. Users are able to draw on 2D surfaces, as they would with a traditional pen, with results extended to the third dimension. This can be scaled up all the way to room-sized 3D spaces, almost like a giant canvas. The stylus is compatible with a whole host of existing VR headsets, includingHTC Viveandvarjo.
实现医学的首席执行官兼联合创始人贾斯汀·萨瑟兰（Justin Sutherland）指出：“我们一直在寻找改善我们的Elucis平台的创新方法，与Logitech的这种合作伙伴关系就是这样做的。使用户能够在我们的计划中无缝绘制的能力将大大改善用户体验，从而使我们更加接近为提供医疗保健专业人员提供他们需要改善患者护理和教育所需的3D建模工具的使命。”
随着3D扫描和3D打印在医疗保健中变得越来越普遍，他们遥远的堂兄VR必然会遵循。实际上，3D systems also delved into the experimental technology in 2014when it acquiredSimbionix, a company built around providing 3D VR surgical simulations. The intent was to leverage the capabilities of anatomical modeling in a realistic 3D environment in order to better prepare medical professionals for patient-specific healthcare.
The technology extends beyond just healthcare, however, as来自Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technologyhave previously developed a 3D sketching platform for product design applications. The software works by merging hand motions with digital pen drawing to generate faster and more accurate engineering and graphical drawings.
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Featured image shows 3D medical modeling in Elucis’ VR environment. Image via Realize Medical.
