Dactyl is a highly interactive 3D viewer loaded with photo-realistic models of bones. These arent photos stitched together, they are fully interactive 3D objects! Digital models have been made of real skeletal material and display a range of interesting osteological features to help you learn and teach the fascinating subject of osteology and skeletal science.
> Rotate, zoom, pan and spin each model
> Change the lighting to better see the subtle skeletal features
> Place pins anywhere on the models and type in text and information
> Each model comes with detailed information about the bone and its origins
The Dactyl viewer and associated models have been devised and created by educators for educators. We use these ourselves with our students, so we know how well they work! The app has been developed by Prof Tim Thompson, a National Teaching Fellow, who created his anthronomics ltd company to support learning and research in anthropology.
When you buy the viewer, it is pre-loaded with the innominate, the lumbar vertebra and the temporal bone.
Additional packs of bones are available through in-app purchasing:
£2.29 - Basic Trauma (4 more bones - well healed fibula, poorly healed humerus, burned ulna, compressed vertebra).
£2.29 - Basic Pathologies (2 bones - syphilis on parietal, arthritis on patella).
£2.29 - Non-adult Pack (2 bones - femur and ilium).