Anatomy Learning Labs: Sensory Lab

Step into the Sensory Lab of the Anatomy Learning Labs series, where the systems of vision, hearing, smell, and taste come to life in stunning 3D. Featuring anatomically accurate models developed by medical professionals and learning activities designed by professors, the Sensory Lab teaches elementary, middle, and high school learners how sensory organs detect information and how the brain processes these signals into perception.

This app leverages the Quest’s audio, visual, and hand-tracking capabilities to deliver truly multimodal and active learning experiences. Students learn by seeing anatomy in 3D, hearing explanations, interacting with structures using their own hands, and developing spatial reasoning skills through guided activities.

• Travel through medical imaging views that reveal the eye’s structure, similar to a CT scanner.

• Select any structure to hear Dr. Hana Sato, your virtual guide, identify it by name.

• Use natural hand-tracking to grab, rotate, and closely inspect the brain’s cortices, olfactory structures, eye, ear, tongue, and taste buds.

• Explore cross-sectional anatomy of the head to discover how smell, taste, hearing, and vision connect to the brain.

• Step into Mini Mode to shrink down and examine the microscopic structure of taste buds and sensory tissues.

• Assemble the human eye in a guided 3D puzzle.

• Test your knowledge through audio-guided quizzes and fast paced Knowledge Knockout game led by Dr. Sato.