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Human Anatomy VR

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$39.99 • Meta Quest Virtual Medicine • Slovakia 13,000+ structures Quest • Pico • PS VR2
Used in 180+ countries • 15 body systems • 4.4 stars on the Meta store • 16 languages • School and university levels

Human Anatomy VR

A complete 3D anatomy atlas you can walk around, pull apart and even shrink inside. Human Anatomy VR from Virtual Medicine covers 15 body systems and more than 13,000 structures, with a simpler level for school students and a detailed level for medical study. It is one of the most complete and widely used anatomy apps in virtual reality.

Developer: Virtual Medicine s.r.o.
Price: $39.99 (Quest) • School licences available
Platform: Meta Quest • Pico • PS VR2
Subject: Biology • Human anatomy • PE
8.2
/10
XR School Score
Highly Recommended
Huge anatomy library • School and university levels • Ant‑Mode • Quizzes • Class sessions for up to 100 • Premium price • Best features need a licence
4.4 • Meta store 57 reviews
Very positive
Overview

Human Anatomy VR is a virtual reality anatomy atlas from Virtual Medicine, a Slovak developer working in medical education since 2016. It is used by universities, medical professionals and individual learners in more than 180 countries, and the company lists institutions such as Stanford University, Queen Mary University of London, the Medical University of Vienna and Hannover Medical School among its customers.

The library covers 15 body systems with more than 13,000 anatomical structures, around 5,000 bony features organised into parts, surfaces, borders and landmarks, 21 microanatomy models and over 500 movement animations. You can isolate a single muscle or organ, hide the layers around it, turn it in your hands and see its name, position and function. Content comes in two levels: a simplified high school level for general study and a detailed university level for medical and allied health students.

Shrink Inside the Body Ant‑Mode is the feature students remember. It shrinks you up to 40 times so you can stand inside the skull, walk along a bone or look up at the heart from within the chest cavity. Seeing how structures sit in relation to each other, at a scale where you can move between them, is something no textbook diagram or plastic model can offer.
What You Can Do
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Explore the atlas
Browse 15 body systems, isolate and hide structures, and read names, locations and functions.
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Ant‑Mode
Shrink up to 40x and move around inside the body to see how parts fit together.
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Test yourself
In‑app anatomy quizzes check that students can name and locate structures.
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Teach together
With an institutional licence, a teacher can lead shared sessions for up to 100 participants across devices.

It works with controllers or hand tracking, seated, standing or room scale, and runs without an internet connection once installed. It is available in 16 languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Polish and Ukrainian. The institutional edition also includes a DICOM viewer that turns CT and MRI scans into 3D models and cadaver images created with Stanford University, which are aimed at medical schools rather than secondary classrooms.

Which Version to Buy Individuals can buy Human Anatomy VR on the Meta store for $39.99, and it is also sold for Pico headsets and PlayStation VR2. Schools should look at Human Anatomy VR for Institutions, which runs on a subscription (Personal, Professional and Institution tiers) with a seven day free trial and adds multi‑user classroom sessions. Check prices with Virtual Medicine directly, as education pricing depends on the number of headsets.
Human Anatomy VR vs 3D Organon
Feature
Human Anatomy VR
3D Organon
Library
13,000+ structures, 15 systems
15 body systems (subscription)
Levels
High school and university
Mainly university and medical
Standout feature
Ant‑Mode, shrink inside the body
Detailed medical atlas
Classroom sessions
Up to 100 users (institutional)
Medverse multi‑user space (subscription)
Best for
Schools and first year students
Medical students

See also our reviews of 3D Organon VR Anatomy and The Body VR, a free guided journey through the bloodstream.

Curriculum Value
Depth of content
9.5
Curriculum fit
8.8
Ease of use
7.8
Classroom features
8.5
Value for money
6.2
Strengths and Limitations
Strengths
  • Enormous, professionally designed anatomy library
  • Separate school and university content levels
  • Ant‑Mode makes spatial relationships memorable
  • Built‑in quizzes for self testing
  • Teacher led sessions for whole classes (institutional)
  • Works offline, seated or standing, with hands or controllers
  • 16 languages, useful for EAL students
  • Used by leading universities worldwide
Considerations
  • $39.99 is high for a single headset
  • School features need a paid subscription
  • University level detail can overwhelm younger students
  • Includes reproductive system: preview before use with younger classes
  • DICOM and cadaver tools are of little use below sixth form
  • No standalone PC VR version on Steam
For Teachers: Start at the High School Level Human Anatomy VR fits GCSE Biology topics on the heart and circulation, the breathing system, the digestive system, the nervous system and the skeleton and muscles, and it supports GCSE PE work on the musculoskeletal and cardiorespiratory systems. Set it to the high school level for KS3 and KS4, and switch to the university level for A level Biology, BTEC Health and Social Care or students heading for medicine. A good routine is to give each student a short list of structures to find and label, then use the built‑in quiz to check, rather than leaving them to browse freely.
$39.99
Meta Quest 2, 3, 3S and Pro • Also on Pico and PS VR2 • School licences via Virtual Medicine
Get on Meta Quest → Institutions edition → More biology apps →
Quick Facts
Developer
Virtual Medicine s.r.o. (Slovakia)
Quest release
18 September 2023 (consumer edition)
Price
$39.99 (Meta store) • Institutional subscription with 7 day trial
Headsets
Meta Quest 2, 3, 3S, Pro • Pico • PS VR2
Content
15 systems • 13,000+ structures • 21 microanatomy models
Ratings
4.4 (57 reviews, consumer) • 4.0 (195 ratings, institutions)
Multi‑user
Up to 100 participants (institutional)
Languages
16, including English, French, German and Spanish
Age rating
Everyone
Internet
Not required after install
Verdict
Human Anatomy VR is one of the best anatomy resources available in virtual reality. Its library is vast, its school and university levels let it grow with students from GCSE to medical school, and Ant‑Mode turns the spatial relationships of the body into something students genuinely remember. The price is high for individuals and the best classroom features need a subscription, but for schools that teach anatomy seriously, especially those with students aiming at medicine, nursing or sports science, it is well worth a free trial.

Gareth Griffiths

Gareth Griffiths is a scientist and the founder of World of Teaching, a free library of over 1,000 teacher made PowerPoints. He set up The XR School to help teachers, schools and parents find virtual and augmented reality apps that genuinely help young people learn, and to give an honest view of what each app teaches, which headsets it needs and what it costs.