Cell Culture Procedure in 3D VR 180

Students from Professor Wenshu Li’s Advanced Cell Biology Lab class were able to experience a different type of learning. They donned Meta Quest 2 and Pico 4 headsets to engage with the cell culture procedure in an immersive environment instead of merely observing from the sidelines, reading about the process in textbooks, or watching a video on a flat screen.

In this collaborative project, Emerging Technologies Associate Jesse Yu and Senior Lab Specialist Lina Jin, with the help of student Sean Wang, worked together to use a 180° 3D camera to create a virtual environment to teach students the rules of entering the cell culture lab, the aseptic techniques of cell culture, and the subculturing techniques. The class session was held in the state-of-the-art XR Space facilitated by Emerging Technologies Assistant Lexie Zhu and Jae Huang.