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Virtual reality (VR) and interactive 3D visualization systems have enhancededucational experiences and environments, particularly in complicated subjectssuch as anatomy education. VR-based systems surpass the potential limitationsof traditional training approaches in facilitating interactive engagement amongstudents. However, research on embodied virtual assistants that leveragegenerative artificial intelligence (AI) and verbal communication in the anatomyeducation context is underrepresented. In this work, we introduce a VRenvironment with a generative AI-embodied virtual assistant to supportparticipants in responding to varying cognitive complexity anatomy questionsand enable verbal communication. We assessed the technical efficacy andusability of the proposed environment in a pilot user study with 16participants. We conducted a within-subject design for virtual assistantconfiguration (avatar- and screen-based), with two levels of cognitivecomplexity (knowledge- and analysis-based). The results reveal a significantdifference in the scores obtained from knowledge- and analysis-based questionsin relation to avatar configuration. Moreover, results provide insights intousability, cognitive task load, and the sense of presence in the proposedvirtual assistant configurations. Our environment and results of the pilotstudy offer potential benefits and future research directions beyond medicaleducation, using generative AI and embodied virtual agents as customizedvirtual conversational assistants.

Towards Anatomy Education with Generative AI-based Virtual Assistants in Immersive Virtual Reality Environments