Space Exploration and Virtual Reality in

Health Research
By Joseph Racz

Joy of Living
Artemis

NASA’s next big space exploration project

To the moon’s south pole and beyond
Expanding knowledge and establishing a foothold
 Space Launch System
Orion Spacecraft
Artemis Details Lunar Outpost
 Finding resources

Artemis Exploring the moon

Living on another surface
Outcomes
To Mars
Value and impact of Artemis

Increased resources
Knowledge of places outside of Earth
Another home?
Virtual Reality and Health

Carnegie Mellon University and Benaroya Research Institute

at Virginia Mason
Understanding disease like never before
Seeing cells in three dimensions
 Turning a 2D image into a
3D model

VR and Health Seeing a cell like never

before
Details A look at how diseases
affect cells
 Interacting with cells

VR and Health Collaborating with multiple

people
Outcomes From your own home
Value and impact of Virtual Reality

A better understanding of cells

Affordable technology
Expansion of uses for virtual reality
 References

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J. Duffy, Microscopy and VR Illuminate New Ways to Prevent and Treat Disease, 12-Jul-2019.
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