Turn your phone into an X-Ray machine: Augmented reality app can reveal internal organs

X-ray vision is a superpower most of people wish they had and now it's possible with help of a smart t-shirt and app.

Curiscope has designed Virtuali-Tee, a smart t-shirt that lets you peek inside the human body through a mobile, tablet or virtual reality device.

Not only can you see your bones, organs and vessels, you also can tap specific body parts and areas on the display to learn about them -- turning the technology into a 3D biology teacher.

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Virtuali-Tee is a smart t-shirt that interacts with an app to lets you look inside at your bones, organs and vessels with a mobile, tablet or virtual reality device. Curiscope has also design this product to be a teaching tool, as it allows users to tap on certain parts of the body to learn what it does and how it works

‘Too often we feel detached from learning,’ said Ed Barton, Curiscope CEO.

‘We study the body in school but only in a textbook, on screen or with a solid model.’

‘This kind of technology lets us interact with the anatomy and explore it in animated 3D, and this kind of learning can happen anywhere, at any time.

Curiscope launched this past January when it released a VR experience about Great White Sharks, a video viewed over one million times on Youtube 360 and Samsung’s Milk VR.

The firm recently opened up a campaign on Kickstarter with a goal of $96,957 and received $14,928 from 282 backers in just 24 hours.

The app is currently in the prototype stages and will fully launch once it is verified for medical accuracy, which is one of the needs for the funding.

Money raised on Kickstarter will also give Curiscope the ability to retail the t-shirt at a more accessible price point.

‘By involving backers beforehand, we’ll have the finds in place to make this app unconstrained and as engaging as possible,’ said Barton.

For a $25 pledge, consumers will receive a finished tee that they can interact with through the app – shipping is planned for August of this year.

Curiscope is using the tracking engine vuforia for AR as part of a custom app build, which will also run on both iOS and Android.

This technology will not work on just any t-shirt either, there is a specific code built into the Virtuali-tee for the app to work.

The firm recently opened up a campaign on Kickstarter with a goal of $96,957 and received $14,928 from 282 backers in just 24 hours. The app is currently a prototype and will fully launch once it is verified for medical accuracy, which is one of the needs for the funding

For a $25 pledge, consumers will receive a finished tee that they can interact with through the app – shipping is planned for August of this year. And those new to VR pledge level will receive a cardboard VR headset (pictured), just in case you do not have your own.

‘We require a camera to enable augmented reality so we are targeting Mobile VR devices,’ reads the Kickstarter campaign.

‘It will work with the Mattel View-Master, Google Cardboard and with Samsung Gear VR.’

But each shirt does come with a Curiscope cardboard VR headset, just in case you do not have your own.

The firm’s goal to inspire children to get excited about learning and bringing the human anatomy of text books is only the beginning.

Curiscope is using the tracking engine vuforia for AR as part of a custom app build, which will also run on both iOS and Android. This technology will not work on just any t-shirt either, there is a specific code built into the Virtuali-tee for the app to work

‘We require a camera to enable augmented reality so we are targeting Mobile VR devices,’ reads the Kickstarter campaign. ‘It will work with the Mattel View-Master, Google Cardboard and with Samsung Gear VR.’ The firm plans to add more experiences from history to geography to music

The more the public shares and pledges towards Curiscope’s campaign, the ‘more awesome it is going to be’.

The firm plans to add more experiences focused on a variety of subjects from history to geography to music.

‘We think kids should be able to grow up and explore the widest range of subjects, so they can find out what it is that they love. That passion will drive their careers,’ said Curiscope founder, Ben Kidd. 

The firm’s goal to inspire children to get excited about learning and bringing the human anatomy of text books is only the beginning. ‘We think kids should be able to grow up and explore the widest range of subjects, so they can find out what it is that they love. That passion will drive their careers,’ said founder Ben Kidd