Will Augmented Reality (AR) Change How We Study The Human Body?

Could HoloLens’ Augmented Reality Change How We Study the Human Body? (+Video)

Case Western Reserve University is helping to revolutionize medical-science studies with a new technology from Microsoft.

D. Frank Smith | April 18, 2016

While the technology world’s attention is on virtual reality, a team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is fixated on another way to experience the world — augmented reality (AR).
Microsoft’s forthcoming AR headset, HoloLens, is at the forefront of this technology. The company calls it the first holographic computer. In AR, instead of being surrounded by a virtual world, viewers see virtual objects projected on top of reality through a transparent lens.

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/08/microsoft-hololens-medical-student-demo/

<more at http://www.edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2016/04/university-testing-limits-hololens-augmented-reality; related articles and links: http://engineering.case.edu/HoloLens (CWRU, Cleveland Clinic collaborate with Microsoft on mixed-reality technology. April 20, 2015) and http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/08/microsoft-hololens-medical-student-demo/ (Here's how Microsoft HoloLens could teach the next wave of doctors. July 8, 2015)>