{"id":14,"date":"2019-07-22T14:49:37","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T13:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-03-05T08:08:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T08:08:56","slug":"vrbiofilms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/vrbiofilms\/","title":{"rendered":"VRBiofilms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"312\" height=\"207\" src=\"http:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2019\/07\/VRBiofilm.jpg\" alt=\"This is a bacterial biofilm grown on a glass slide. The green dots are live bacteria. The red dots are dead bacteria\" data-id=\"139\" class=\"wp-image-139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2019\/07\/VRBiofilm.jpg 312w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2019\/07\/VRBiofilm-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><figcaption> <br> <br> Coloured dots = bacteria: green (alive), red (dead). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"995\" src=\"http:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2019\/08\/VR-lads.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"197\" data-link=\"http:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/section-title\/vr-lads\/\" class=\"wp-image-197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2019\/08\/VR-lads.jpg 708w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2019\/08\/VR-lads-546x768.jpg 546w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2019\/08\/VR-lads-256x360.jpg 256w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2019\/08\/VR-lads-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"733\" height=\"670\" src=\"http:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2019\/08\/VR-dads.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"198\" data-link=\"http:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/section-title\/vr-dads\/\" class=\"wp-image-198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2019\/08\/VR-dads.jpg 733w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2019\/08\/VR-dads-360x329.jpg 360w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2019\/08\/VR-dads-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens when microbiologists meet virtual reality developers?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We set up a collaboration between microbiologists, computer scientists and virtual reality developers to create this educational experience from real experimental data. Dr Chloe James grew bacteria on a glass slide in the lab. Then she treated them with antibiotics and watched what happened. Next she sent photographs of the results to Allen Fairchild and Damon Reid, who turned them into a virtual reality game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"745\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2019\/08\/kit--745x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2019\/08\/kit--745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2019\/08\/kit--559x768.jpg 559w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2019\/08\/kit--262x360.jpg 262w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2019\/08\/kit--768x1056.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2019\/08\/kit--1118x1536.jpg 1118w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2019\/08\/kit--218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2019\/08\/kit-.jpg 1490w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Playing the game<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When you play <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Zf4S5nzqM1o\">#VRBiofilms<\/a> you will explore the results of our real-life bacterial experiment.  You will learn what a bacterial biofilm is, how it forms and how it responds to different antibiotics. By playing this game, you will find out why it is so important to use antibiotics properly, because if you don&#8217;t take the full course, you might allow resistance to develop within biofilms. Read more about how we worked together to develop the game <a href=\"http:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/2019\/08\/06\/organic-collaboration-building-from-dream-to-virtual-reality\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch a preview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Virtual Reality Bacterial Biofilm\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zf4S5nzqM1o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We would like to improve the user experience and value your suggestions<br>&#8220;Make it more interactive by using quiz questions as you go along&#8221;<br>&#8220;Include headphones to make it easier to hear the vocals&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/microbihome\/2019\/08\/06\/tell-us-what-you-think-of-microbihome\/\">Click to tell us what you think of #VRBiofilms<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happens when microbiologists meet virtual reality developers? 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