Virtual reality studios
Virtual Reality technology can be used in the SUM Library. VR studios are located in the following locations:
- SUM Branch Library in Sosnowiec, Ostrogórska 30 Street,
- SUM Branch Library in Zabrze-Rokitnica, 19 Jordana Street,
- SUM Branch Library in Katowice-Ligota, 18 Medyków Street,
- Reading Room in Katowice 14 Warszawska Street,
- Reading Room in Bielsko-Biała, 45 1 Dywizji Pancernej Street.
In order to use the VR studio at your chosen location, please contact the relevant branch of the ŚUM Library in advance..
The following modules are available in the studios:
- Triage & LPR – the opportunity to explore an innovative application that offers a unique opportunity to take part in an unusual rescue operation and learn skills for patient segregation in a disaster situation. This state-of-the-art tool allows you to simulate a mass disaster using the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service. The simulator gives the opportunity to intervene under difficult conditions, developing the user's practical skills such as the correct sequence of rescue operations, assessment of the injured, dressing of wounds, summoning and marking the place of the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service landing.
- Surgical tools – a simulator that allows you to gain your first surgical experience by, among other things, selecting the right instruments or medicines.
- VR simulator Chemical laboratory – the opportunity to carry out chemical experiments, learning the relevant health and safety procedures, the sequence of steps in the experiments and the various interactions between substances.
- VR Simulator - Anatomy – this application offers the possibility of breaking down the selected anatomical structure into individual elements. The selected element, e.g. a bone or muscle, can be extracted from the entire system, moved, zoomed in or rotated, so that each segment selected by the user can be viewed in detail. This provides an opportunity to learn about the structure and function of specific anatomical elements and systems. The application's nomenclature is available in Polish, English and Latin.
More detailed information on each application can be found at the website of Centre for Distance Learning and Analysis of Educational Outcomes..
