Working materials to help Indiana University Fort Wayne develop an interdisciplinary immersive health professions learning laboratory in its leased NIIC space.
Plug in. Pick what you need to learn. Cue the “whoa.” We’re starting with anatomy and physiology, one immersive lesson at a time.
- Cleaned context: the substantive content of the supplied email and ChatGPT conversation, organized for reuse, with attribution and budget corrections.
- Research brief: questions to resolve, evidence to collect, expected deliverables, and a ready-to-use deeper research prompt.
- IU site visit — September 9, 2026: discussion summary and reference links covering virtual patients, AACN competencies, Canvas, and MCP integration.
- Open-source XR anatomy and physiology review: app shortlist for Meta Quest and Apple Vision Pro, licensing and compatibility findings, proposed MCP controls, and a first nursing lesson.
- Anatomy visual quality and interaction standard: Hannah Newey’s heart as the visual benchmark, annotation and orientation requirements, and Sketchfab versus A-Frame implementation paths.
- Heart model — Hannah Newey: the selected external-heart reference on Sketchfab.
- Nursing anatomy resource map: a starter collection and sourcing plan across all 11 major body systems, with proposed nursing objectives, curriculum references, and coverage gaps.
- Funding plan: proposed $25,000 seed project, phased budgets and recurring support, current grant and philanthropy prospects, and a 90-day action plan informed by the shared funding conversation.
Prepared September 10, 2026; expanded September 11, 2026. These are working materials for an exploratory project. The XR review checks public project documentation and selected source code; no headset testing was performed. The funding plan checks selected primary-source opportunity details as of September 11; its budgets are planning allowances. Budget figures, vendor terms, and broader claims from the original context remain unverified.
The immediate starting point is an existing lease, an approximately $10,000 connectivity estimate, minor renovation, and a student-retention goal. The pasted ChatGPT material supplies possible approaches; it does not establish IU purchasing decisions or proven educational outcomes. BioNanomics is the folder/project label requested by the user; its formal role in the initiative remains to be defined.
Start deeper research with the local constraints and budget reconciliation in the research brief. The original startup rows total $195,000 rather than the stated $180,000; substituting the locally reported $10,000 connectivity allowance yields $197,500 before resolving scope, omissions, and potential first-year software double counting.