Anatomy
Commercial anatomy apps like Complete Anatomy or Visible Body offer advanced features but often come with hefty subscription fees. In this list we offer the best free and open-source alternatives deliver comparable educational value, supporting learning and research without financial burden. This list caters to students, scientists, and animators looking
Simulation
In the realm of interactive entertainment creation, the choice of development platform can significantly impact the journey from concept to reality. This is particularly true for budding creators and independent studios operating with constrained resources. Enter the Manu Game Engine: a groundbreaking tool that redefines the landscape of game development,
medical imaging
GIMIAS is a workflow-oriented environment for solving advanced biomedical image computing and individualized simulation problems, which is extensible through the development of problem-specific plug-ins. In addition, GIMIAS provides an open source framework for efficient development of research and clinical software prototypes integrating contributions from the Physiome community while allowing business-friendly
Simulation
O3DE (Open 3D Engine) is an open-source, high-performance engine designed for creating 3D games and simulations. It offers a modular system that allows developers to customize and extend its functionality to meet specific project needs. O3DE is suitable for both small and large-scale projects, providing tools for real-time 3D rendering,
hardware
FireSim: Fast and Effortless FPGA-accelerated Hardware Simulation with On-Prem and Cloud Flexibility
gamedev
City Simulation of city-building games are built to simulate city structure, and growth. While there is no shortage of commercial and enterprise games and apps, there is a lack of open-source ones. Here, is a new city simulation game: Citybound which comes with fancy graphics and works smoothly on old
Open-source
Avogadro: The Molecular Editor and Visualization Avogadro is a free, open source desktop molecular editor and visualization tool, designed for use on Mac, Windows, and Linux in computational chemistry, molecular modeling, bioinformatics, materials science, and related areas. It offers flexible high-quality rendering and a powerful plugin architecture. It's
Medical Simulation
Note: This article is an Evergreen article. It will receive continues update about the listed applications. You can save it and return to it as a updated resource. Over than 14 years ago, I wrote in my old blog about medical simulation tools especially surgical based simulator, by that time