Texas A&M Viz Lab creates virtual 'exam room' for veterinarian students

The SXSW interactive conference showcases some amazing virtual reality technology. Texas A&M University students are showing off some of their work too. They're helping veterinarian students build animals.

You can imagine how messy some classes at the Texas A&M Vet school can be, learning about animal biology and anatomy. Thanks to virtual reality and students at the Viz Lab, vet students can work with animal bones over and over again with no mess.

Students with the Viz lab took high definition scans of dog bones and put them in a virtual exam room. students, using a special remote, can pick up the bones. They can even assemble the bones and exam an arm or leg from nearly any angle.

Students at the lab hope this technology can help students get a hands on look without all the mess

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"It’s just a teaching tool. Instead of buying a bone box or dissecting a cadaver, you’ve got these virtual bones. There’s no mess and it's easy to use," Sebastian Kawar said. He's a student in the Viz Lab.

Virtual reality is big right now at SXSW. Texas A&M has been handing out Google Cardboard viewers all week long. You can put your phone in the back and view all kinds of virtual reality videos.