the virtual microscope project full details
Champion:
Trevor Collins
Senior Research Fellow
Participant(s):Peter Whalley, Kevin Quick, Jon Linney, the Department of Earth Sciences
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The Virtual Microscope
Directly manipulate photorealistic rock sample slides
The Virtual Microscope allows students to directly manipulate photorealistic rock sample slides. In the simulation they can rotate the slides and use a polarising filter.
Publications
Kelley, P., Tindle, D., Anand, D., Whalley, P., Hogan, P., Valentine, C., Pillinger, P., Gibson, E. and Schwenzer, S. (2011) The Open University-NASA Apollo Virtual Microscope - a tool for Education and Outreach, Poster at 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, USA
