Creature Features

Virtual creatures will allow...

• interactive viewing - students will be able to turn the creature to view it from any position; zoom in or out, penetrate the skin and view the organism from inside
• visual isolation of organs - by making everything else transparent or translucent
• touching, pushing, pulling - using force-feedback devices, students will be able to have the experience of interacting haptically and kinesthetically with the creature.
• simulated physical and chemical measurement - by inserting meters and indicators of various kinds at selected points within the creature.
• simulated phyisical and chemical manipulation - by injecting virtual substances into the creature at selected points
• students to explore, visualize, touch, and change these creatures in ways that are impossible with real laboratory animals.