Serious virtual reality game

• Main Author: Yuen, Nicholas Kin Hoi
• Other Authors: Seah Hock Soon
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Software::Software engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137830
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The rise in popularity of virtual reality (VR) technology has reduced its prices and increased its availability, positioning it as a possible candidate for use as a teaching aid in medical schools. At the same time, medical schools are having a difficult time procuring cadavers for the study of anatomy, due to their high prices, lack of supply and short lifespan. As such, this project attempts to create a VR application for the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) which will allow students to study the human anatomy through the use of high-quality 3D models. The objectives of this project are to create an application that is interactive and intuitive to use. Additionally, the application must provide a quiz functionality whereby students can attempt quizzes set by the professors for each model. Finally, the application must be scalable, allowing users with no experience in programming to add additional models and quizzes without needing to alter the source code. It is concluded that this is indeed possible to achieve and validates that VR performs reasonably well as a teaching aid. Possible future developments may include additional functionalities such as exploded view of the models and animated models.