Virtual reality simulation and method

A virtual reality system for providing a microscope simulation, the system comprising:

• a processing device having a processor configured to perform a predefined set of operations in response to receiving a corresponding input from at least one of virtual reality headset and at least one controller, the processing device comprising memory, wherein a three-dimensional initial view of a microscope simulation is stored, the initial view comprising a microscope;
• the processor instructs the initial view to be presented on a user display comprised within the headset;
• the at least one controller sends an input to the processor indicating the controller is moving within the initial view;
• the processor instructs the movement of the controller of the at least one controller be presented on the user display;
• responsive to an input from the controller, the processor instructs the user display to display one of the lateral wheel, the longitudinal wheel, the objective wheel and the focus wheel;
• and
• wherein responsive to the processor having assigned a slide present on the microscope no bacteria, the processor retrieves a blank slide from memory and instructs the user display to display the slide present on the microscope and on a heads-up display displaying a microscope view.