The Ultimate 3D Skeleton
$14.95		(Win95/98/2000 Only!) (Jewel Case) (3DSKELPJ)

DK Multimedia

Reference/Medical

Ratings:

85 from Family PC

Freakin' Awesome from MacAddict

Everything You Want to Know About the Human Skeleton in 3D

It's truly the interactive journey of a lifetime. Take a 3D virtual tour beneath your skin and examine the wonders of your own skeleton. Fascinating state-of-the-art multimedia technology allows you to take a close-up look at every bone in the human body as well as observe every part of the skeleton in motion. The level of detail is comprehensive enough for high-school students, yet easy enough for all the family to understand for casual curiosity. After exploring this fun and fascinating trip through the human skeleton, you'll be sure to know what the doctor is talking about the next time you stub the distal phalanx of your big toe.

From femur to fibula, maxilla to metatarsals, the human skeleton is one of the body's most amazing structures. Over 200 individual bones make up the human skeleton including the 26 delicate vertebrae that fit intricately together to form your backbone. Whether for completing school assignments of satisfying a simple fascination with the world beneath your skin. The Ultimate 3D Skeleton gives you accurate, professionally researched information in a dramatic and compelling state-of-the-art 3D visual presentation.

Informative Text. Find out essential facts such as the length and use of each bone as well as hear correct medical pronunciation. The authoritative text has been developed by vertebrate experts at the University of London.

3D Skeleton Shot. Take a 3D tour of our fascinating skeletal system, examine every bone from any angle and view movies showing how each bone enables us to walk, run, and even swim.

3D Imaging. Features technologically advanced 3D imaging generated from CT (Computerized Tomography) X-Ray data. All models displayed are reconstructed from scans of an actual human skeleton.

Navigation Buttons and Movie Mode. Easy-to-use navigation buttons and movie mode feature allow you to examine bones from any angle, even as a 3D animation.

Quiz Feature. Quiz feature test your knowledge of every bone in the human body.

Requirements:

Requirements: Windows 95/98/2000, 486DX 33MHz, 4Mb (8Mb recommended), 640x480 pixels, 256 colors, double-speed CD-ROM drive, 10Mb hard drive space, 8 bit sound card, loudspeakers or headphones, mouse.

Reviews:

Family PC, October 1996

"If you still believe that the head bone is connected to the neck bone, this in-depth journey through the human skeletal system will set you straight. Like all DK Multimedia titles, the CD-ROM features beautiful illustrations, a friendly interface, and brief but informative text. It also includes detailed 3-D illustrations of all 206 bones in the human body, which you can rotate and view from any angle. You move through the program by either clicking on a small rendition of a skeleton or through an index that lists all the bones in the human body. And if you're struggling with all that Latin, the program will pronounce the name of each bone for you.

"The Ultimate 3D Skeleton also contains a directory of 'amazing facts' (the hand's lunate bone, for example, acquired its name because of its crescent-moon shape), as well as a quiz based on the program's contents. One gripe about the quiz was that the questions range from the super-challenging (the bones of the hand) to the simple (the hip joint). Still, the quiz may prove useful as a study aid.

"This program is not designed for younger kids - while it's easy to use, it is not particularly attention-grabbing, and the graphics appear a bit cramped within the view screen. But for serious anatomy students or those who want to go further than their general human anatomy program can take them, the Ultimate 3D Skeleton fits the niche."

MacAddict, November 1996

"In this highly focused bone dig, you can stare at, flip around, rotate, and print out every ossified ounce of matter that matters. Click anywhere on the skeleton at the side of your screen for a close-up view of a bone. Once the bone is in your sights you can opt for different views or twirl it around in movie mode."

"DK used multimedia technology to its best with this disc: a book on the subject be a decent reference, but this disc makes standard text seem like a bunch of old bones."

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