Impact on Medicine & Research
University of Maryland Blended Reality Center
institution University of Maryland location Baltimore, Maryland
Impact
In 2020, the Foundation's grant helped Maryland Blended Reality Center (MBRC) develop innovative devices and education modules that use virtual and augmented reality. These immersive tools are being prototyped and tested by MBRC for medical diagnostics, surgical training, non-opioid pain management, the performing arts, and more. New initiatives include expanding efforts of virtual reality tools for surgical education and training, summer internships for immersive technologies for social change, and assisting people with limited mobility to experience new sights and sounds that previously might have been inaccessible, while simultaneously reducing their use of opioids for pain management. The accomplishments of MBRC serve as an example of what can be achieved through collaborations between public research universities and medical centers. The University of Maryland College Park's College of Computer Mathematics and Natural Sciences is collaborating with the world-renowned trauma center — the UMMC R Cowley Shock Trauma — to achieve tremendous goals and significant outcomes.
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Dr. Sarah Murthi practices heart procedure in MBRC's Blended Reality Center.
New computational tools store, analyze and display
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images of patients quickly and accurately.
Dr. Murthi and the Maryland Institute College of Art's Game Lab collaborate to develop a
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video game for people with severe spinal cord injuries, allowing patients to feel the sensation of movement.
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