A virtual reality interface for the immersive manipulation of live microscopic systems

Abstract For more than three centuries we have been watching and studying microscopic phenomena behind a microscope. We discovered that cells live in a physical environment whose predominant factors are no longer those of our scale and for which we lack a direct experience and consequently a deep in...

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Autores principales:	Stefano Ferretti, Silvio Bianchi, Giacomo Frangipane, Roberto Di Leonardo
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/7d0ef7da79854650b865425d315452eb
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7d0ef7da79854650b865425d315452eb2021-12-02T14:15:53ZA virtual reality interface for the immersive manipulation of live microscopic systems10.1038/s41598-021-87004-52045-2322https://doaj.org/article/7d0ef7da79854650b865425d315452eb2021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87004-5https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract For more than three centuries we have been watching and studying microscopic phenomena behind a microscope. We discovered that cells live in a physical environment whose predominant factors are no longer those of our scale and for which we lack a direct experience and consequently a deep intuition. Here we demonstrate a new instrument which, by integrating holographic and virtual reality technologies, allows the user to be completely immersed in a dynamic virtual world which is a simultaneous replica of a real system under the microscope. We use holographic microscopy for fast 3D imaging and real-time rendering on a virtual reality headset. At the same time, hand tracking data is used to dynamically generate holographic optical traps that can be used as virtual projections of the user hands to interactively grab and manipulate ensembles of microparticles or living motile cells.Stefano FerrettiSilvio BianchiGiacomo FrangipaneRoberto Di LeonardoNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Stefano Ferretti Silvio Bianchi Giacomo Frangipane Roberto Di Leonardo A virtual reality interface for the immersive manipulation of live microscopic systems
description	Abstract For more than three centuries we have been watching and studying microscopic phenomena behind a microscope. We discovered that cells live in a physical environment whose predominant factors are no longer those of our scale and for which we lack a direct experience and consequently a deep intuition. Here we demonstrate a new instrument which, by integrating holographic and virtual reality technologies, allows the user to be completely immersed in a dynamic virtual world which is a simultaneous replica of a real system under the microscope. We use holographic microscopy for fast 3D imaging and real-time rendering on a virtual reality headset. At the same time, hand tracking data is used to dynamically generate holographic optical traps that can be used as virtual projections of the user hands to interactively grab and manipulate ensembles of microparticles or living motile cells.
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author	Stefano Ferretti Silvio Bianchi Giacomo Frangipane Roberto Di Leonardo
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title	A virtual reality interface for the immersive manipulation of live microscopic systems
title_short	A virtual reality interface for the immersive manipulation of live microscopic systems
title_full	A virtual reality interface for the immersive manipulation of live microscopic systems
title_fullStr	A virtual reality interface for the immersive manipulation of live microscopic systems
title_full_unstemmed	A virtual reality interface for the immersive manipulation of live microscopic systems
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publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
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A virtual reality interface for the immersive manipulation of live microscopic systems

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