  3D modeling is becoming a well-developed field of medicine, but its
applicability can be limited due to the lack of software allowing for easy
utilizations of generated 3D visualizations. By leveraging recent advances in
virtual reality, we can rapidly create immersive anatomical scenes as well as
allow multiple users to occupy the same virtual space: i.e., over a local or
distributed network. This setup is ideal for pre-surgical planning and
education, allowing users to identify and study structures of interest. I
demonstrate here such a pipeline on a broad spectrum of anatomical models and
discuss its applicability to the medical field and its future prospects.3D
modeling is becoming a well-developed field of medicine, but its applicability
can be limited due to the lack of software allowing for easy utilizations of
generated 3D visualizations. By leveraging recent advances in virtual reality,
we can rapidly create immersive anatomical scenes as well as allow multiple
users to occupy the same virtual space: i.e., over a local or distributed
network. This setup is ideal for pre-surgical planning and education, allowing
users to identify and study structures of interest. I demonstrate here such a
pipeline on a broad spectrum of anatomical models and discuss its applicability
to the medical field and its future prospects.
