Üsküdar University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (English), Dr. Lecturer Cihan Taştan, Üsküdar University Young Brains Academy Director Dr. Lecturer Nebiye Yaşar and the project team have launched an important study with the META-TIP project. The study aims to scan real organs in 3D, digitalize them, and make them compatible with VR glasses to provide better education for students and researchers. Through the created 3D organs and organ systems, students are expected to experience anatomy lessons one-on-one in a classroom setting.
Aims to conduct lessons in the most realistic way possible
The META-TIP project aims to simulate organs for anatomy education in medical faculties within the metaverse universe, create virtual classrooms for this purpose, and provide anatomy education using metaverse-enabled devices (VR glasses, tablets, etc.) available to students. Since the organ and organ systems to be used in virtual anatomy lessons will be obtained by scanning real organs and transferred to a 3D environment, the lessons will be conducted in the most realistic way possible.
The team, advised by Dr. Lecturer Nebiye Yaşar and Dr. Lecturer Cihan Taştan, includes Üsküdar University Faculty of Medicine Representative, project team captain Intern Dr. Mustafa Şanverdi, along with medical students Emre Kaan Şanverdi, Mert Güngör, Mahmut Onat Özten, and Doğasav Sümer.
Creation of 3D organs and organ systems is aimed
In today's world, there is a significant problem with resources and equipment when it comes to providing better education and facilitating research in education and scientific research. In our country, individuals studying and working in medical education cannot actively learn due to the insufficient number of cadavers (the inadequacy of cadavers per student). Simultaneously, the inability to carry out necessary procedures in studies due to cadaver scarcity and the resulting time loss lead to negative consequences. It is planned to scan real organs in 3D, digitalize them, and make them suitable for VR glasses to enable students and researchers, especially in Health Sciences, to receive better education. Through the created 3D organs and organ systems, students are aimed to experience anatomy lessons one-on-one in a classroom setting. In this way, it is targeted to be a software-based project that will lead the medical and scientific world and support the formation of the Metaverse branch in the health and entertainment sector (video game industry).
Work continues for the release of the prototype product
Work continues for the release of the prototype product of the META-TIP project, which reached the finals in the education technologies university group at the Teknofest competition. The project has been accepted into the İTÜ Çekirdek incubation center, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary and is listed among the top 5 university-affiliated incubation centers by UBI Global.
Preparations for the Big Bang event are underway…
The project has gained entry into an innovation and technology center within Başakşehir Municipality, the Başakşehir Living Lab, which is Turkey's first Living Lab, opened its doors to the public in 2013, and where products and services related to information technologies and design are developed.
Additionally, the team is currently preparing for the Big Bang event, one of Turkey's largest entrepreneurship events.