By Janice Phelan,
September 28, 2021

Assisted by the Mixed Reality Studio Team, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ School of Nursing instructors participate
in a demonstration of augmented and virtual reality.
Nursing instructors from the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ (ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½) recently participated
in a demonstration of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½â€™s augmented and virtual reality capabilities. Students from
the university’s Mixed Reality Studio Team are working with ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½â€™s School of Nursing to develop applications using AR and VR programs to create simulated healthcare scenarios
for nurses in training.
During the Sept. 27 AR-VR demos, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ School of Nursing instructors donned headsets
and AR-VR gloves to better understand how the emerging technology can simulate healthcare
settings. The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ staff members were assisted by members of the Mixed Reality Studio
Team.
Through augmented and virtual reality, nursing students train within realistic scenarios
in settings such as hospital rooms, intensive care wards and operating suites. The
scenarios help them learn critical aspects of patient care while also preparing the
students for healthcare situations ranging from routine care to handling a healthcare
crisis.
By working together, the Mixed Reality Studio Team and School of Nursing will help
bring the clinical environment directly to the nursing students as they prepare for
careers in healthcare.
At the Mixed Reality Studio, a part of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½â€™s Gigabit Lab, innovators have the opportunity to use the studio’s
leading-edge devices to create, develop and deploy both augmented and virtual reality
experiences. The Mixed Reality Studio was launched by ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ in the fall of 2020 at the
Missouri Innovation Campus in Lee’s Summit. For more information about the Gigabit
Lab and Mixed Reality Studio, contact Joe Mullins of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at jmullins@ucmo.edu or (816) 441-2861 or Dr. Laurel Hogue of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at lhogue@ucmo.edu.