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Maryland Today: Medical Training—From Every Angle
April 10, 2025

An advanced camera system developed at the University of Maryland, College Park is enabling futuristic teaching and learning methods for physician assistant students at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

Called the HoloCamera, the device uses 300 imaging devices to create virtual reality (VR) training scenarios depicting treatment that students can “step into” and view the procedure from all angles. Funded by the National Science Foundation and led by computer science Professor Amitabh Varshney, dean of the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, the project was forged through the University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State, a collaboration between UMCP and UMB to leverage the strengths of each institution.

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