Tech Blog #1 – A novel approach to Virtual Medical Simulation
From my earliest experiences in programming, what interested me the most was realtime simulation of complex systems — physics, lighting, behaviours, economies. This interest led me to many great opportunities working in Video Games and Simulator development. Today I’m in the fortunate position of working with a team of brilliant medical experts with a shared mission to develop Virtual medical simulation solutions from a new perspective.
As we see it, current medical simulations fall into two broad categories: High Specialisation Simulations — organ-specific physiological simulation, highly academic, non-realtime, and extremely focused — and Low Fidelity Simulations, primarily used in training today, where pre-determined physiological states are progressed through based on defined conditions.
Our physiological simulation is unique in that it exists between these groups, as a highly scalable, realtime, dynamic and interactive simulation for medical training. Coming from a background in video games, my go-to analogy is Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 — a middle ground of simulation offering a predictable, easily-configurable real-time analogy of the aircraft and its characteristics.
Our Physiological simulator follows the exact same philosophy. I’m really excited to be pushing the boundaries of technology which we believe will become expected from medical simulation learning.
By David Gundry — CEO at Mirno
From my earliest experiences in programming, what interested me the most was realtime simulation of complex systems — physics, lighting, behaviours, economies. This interest led me to many great opportunities working in Video Games and Simulator development. Today I’m in the fortunate position of working alongside a team of brilliant medical experts with a shared mission to develop Virtual medical simulation solutions from a new perspective.
As we see it, current medical simulations fall into two broad categories: High Specialisation Simulations — organ-specific physiological simulation, highly academic in nature, non-realtime, and extremely focused — and Low Fidelity Simulations, primarily used in training today, with pre-determined physiological states progressed through based on defined conditions.
Our physiological simulation is unique in that it exists between these two groups, as a highly scalable, realtime, dynamic and interactive simulation for medical training. Coming from a background in video games, the go-to analogy is Microsoft Flight Simulator — a middle ground that is predictable, easily configurable, and a real-time analogy of its subject. Our Physiological simulator follows the exact same philosophy.
I’m really excited to be pushing the boundaries of technology which we believe will become expected from medical simulation learning. Follow Mirno for upcoming examples of how our physiological simulation is making a difference in medical training.