Scientists have discovered that rendering techniques used in the Harry Potter movies is also good for MRI scans. What it does is convert all of the data into images that can be used to explore the brain in 3-D and they found they can use VR to trace neurons. Using VR they aren’t limited to the old 2-D images that were standard before. What this means to me is that VR and it’s uses in medical treatment/diagnosis are really just beginning. Check out the video below.



Virtual reality can also be used to trace neurons: Scientists can don the headsets and step into their microscopic scans of neurons.
Just 1 cubic millimeter of human brain tissue packs about 50,000 neurons, each of which form some 6,000 connections with their neighbors. Traditional techniques require researchers to go through 2-D computer images of stained neurons, constantly rotating the view to see what’s behind a neuron’s branches.

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