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3D technology comes to OTC
School hopes to increase learning with new computers
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Alex Harris, (left) a business management instructor, and John Witherington, a hotel/restaurant/tourism management instructor, watch a demonstration of a three-dimensional imaging educational tool for Ogeechee Technical College faculty Tuesday afternoon. The 3D imaging equipment will soon be used in some OTC classes. - photo by Special
Donning pairs of 3D shades, professors with Ogeechee Technical College sat in a darkened room this week to test drive their newest tool for teaching. Before making its debut in the classroom, one of three high-tech computers purchased by the college hummed on the conference center floor, projecting interactive and immersive three-dimensional images on the big-screen. Without using inordinate amounts of time, or getting the least bit messy, educators slowly picked apart a human eye, revealing its inner workings, down to individual nerves.
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