Slicer vR
Interacting with Slicer Models in VR
By Alejandro Romero
Description
Slicer VR is an open-source extension for 3D Slicer allowing users to interact with and edit volumetrically rendered meshes in VR.
Home Page
https://github.com/KitwareMedical/SlicerVirtualReality
Core Features
View all content of the 3D viewers in Slicer
Align the headset's view to match viewpoint of the selected 3D view in Slicer
Show volumes as 2D image slices or volume rendering, render surfaces, points, etc.
View any 4D data sets, using any rendering technique (including volume rendering)
Fly tool allows navigation through scene
Grab and reposition objects
Translate, rotate, scale the world (all objects)
Advanced volume rendering performance tuning to find good balance between image quality and refresh rate
Make position of controllers available as transforms in the Slicer scene
Controller transforms can be used in custom modules to reslice volumes (using Volume Reslice Driver module in SlicerIGT extension) or transform any nodes in Slicer scene
Compatibility
OS: Windows
Headsets: HTC Vive, WindowsMR, Oculus (Rift + Quest), all other OpenVR compatible headsets
FAQ
https://github.com/KitwareMedical/SlicerVirtualReality#frequently-asked-questions
Metrics
Accessibility: How user-friendly is the software?
A little hard to use, if unfamiliar with Slicer
Good documentation
Power: The engine's power - i.e. how much one can do with this
Not amazingly powerful
Allows user to view scene, but may experience latency
Usage: Evaluation of software's effectiveness in certain use cases
Allows users to view and evaluate medical imaging in VR
Can interact with slice images to place things like ROIs (regions of interest)
Single-user experience
