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Curious about virtual reality? See how UAB is providing opportunities to engage with this technology across campus. 🧵

A recent story highlighted how surgeons in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery are using virtual reality headsets to prepare for delicate procedures and explain the operations to patients.:

https://twitter.com/UABNews/status/1623427804321947649

On Feb. 28, the UAB Marnix E. Heersink Institute for Biomedical Innovation hosted a Metahealth Symposium exploring how UAB uses VR, AR and mixed reality to educate patients, create training simulations and redefine online classes at @UABHeersink.

Now, we "see" how students are getting hands-on experience with the technology they are likely to encounter in the workforce: uab.edu/reporter/know-…

This is one reason UAB Libraries created its Virtual Reality Studio at Lister Hill Library in 2019.

https://twitter.com/UABNews/status/1107652836903530496

UAB Libraries now allows students, faculty and staff to experience the tech in their own space.

Anyone with a BlazerID can borrow one of several different headsets that Libraries has made available from the LibLab, including the Oculus Quest 2, Merge 2 AR/VR, HoloLens and, soon, the HoloLens 2.

Read our latest story in the Reporter that explains how the UAB community can explore VR and other emerging (and established) technologies: uab.edu/reporter/know-… #VR #AR