The Oculus Rift has been a great success since its first announce-ment back in 2012. A multitude of different games and demos were published which make use of the virtual reality possibilities the Rift offers. With the recent release of the second version development kit (DK2), a higher-resolution display, higher refresh rates and positional head tracking were added, giving rise to a wider range of application fields, including medicine.

For the LCSR Industry Day 2014, a demo for navigating the sinus anatomy with the Oculus Rift was developed. A 3-dimensional mesh of the paranasal sinuses was extracted from a CT scan, which could be explored in a “fly-through” kind of manner.

Future development will be directed towards real-time texture-mapping of endoscopic images onto the 3D mesh and displaying critical anatomy like vessels invisible in endoscopic images alone in an immersive VR fashion.

Additional Links:
Elders Reactions to the Rift:
http://youtu.be/hZ8Xj_I3aNUlist=PL23C220A2C5EC0FDE

Comparison DK1 vs. DK2:|
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF8X9BHBODk