Why Virtual Reality Is the Future for Columbia Cancer Research

“Rather than looking at static 3D views of things we can immerse ourselves in the 3D structure and look through it and see what kinds of features we might be able to find,” says Simon Tavaré, director of the Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics and professor of statistics and biological sciences. Visualizing tumors in three dimensions through virtual reality technology, Tavaré and his colleagues are able to extract new insights from the data.

With VR, Tavaré can immerse himself in cell structures and locate where tumors are in a sample.

Now, Tavaré is developing a VR lab at Columbia University where he says he’s just beginning to interface with the data.

(This video was produced following strict social distancing and public health guidance)

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