Scientists from Yaroslav the Wise Novgorod State University have developed “Microbiolab-VR”, an innovative virtual laboratory that helps future doctors master laboratory skills without the cost of real equipment. According to the developer of the program, Oleg Moshchin, this idea came to his mind when he began to study bacteriological seeding himself. He stated that having a real laboratory requires significant financial costs, and Microbiolab-VR allows you to solve this problem and accelerates the learning process.
The virtual laboratory allows students to perform complex procedures such as Gram bacteria cultures using virtual petri dishes, flasks, and test tubes. Users work with natural reagent models and observe bacteria through a virtual microscope, just like in real life. During the learning process, the game provides interactive tips to help you master planting techniques and other operations. The program also includes an analytics module that evaluates each user’s results.
“Microbiolab-VR” is already ready for use and will be implemented at the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases of the Medical Institute of Novgorod State University. This solution is unique on the market and will be useful not only for educational institutions but also for medical institutions. In the future, the developers plan to bring the program to the market and start working on new VR simulators for doctors. Funding for the project was made possible thanks to a Student Startup grant from the Innovation Promotion Fund.
Source: Ferra
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