Visual Pathways VR: An Immersive Exploration of the Orbit and Associated Traumas, is a virtual reality application designed to teach orbital trauma anatomy. Built for the Meta Quest 3, the app allows users to explore 3D anatomical models of the eye and orbit alongside dissection images, animations, and interactive features. By combining traditional teaching resources with immersive technology, the project demonstrates how VR can enhance spatial understanding and engagement in anatomy education, particularly in underrepresented areas such as pathology. Despite the emergence of many new medical VR applications, pathological content remains predominantly absent. Students will rarely, if ever, have exposure to traumatic injuries in 3D. When understanding orbital trauma, such as hyphema and blowout fractures, spatial understanding is critical.  It is important to expose anatomy and medical students to forms of pathology such as trauma so that they are prepared and confident in their knowledge when experiencing injuries in emergency rooms, particularly for injuries in and around the eye, in which intervention can prevent permanent vision damage. The overarching aim of this project was to evaluate the usability and perceived educational value of an application focusing on orbital trauma.

This project was developed in collaboration with Simon Barrick (Primal Pictures/AnatomyTV) and Karen Morley (Primal Pictures/AnatomyTV) under the supervision of Dr Jenny Clancy (School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing
College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences), Dr Amy Webster (The Glasgow School of Art) and Dr Eilidh Ferguson
(School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences)