Communicate changes easily If there’s ever been a time for animation to communicate company messages, it's now. Animation can help companies communicate changes easier, increase engagement, soften negative responses to wholesale changes, and alleviate fears your employees have post-pandemic. Disruptive technologies have been turning the screw on the need for digital transformation in the corporate [...]

Since its introduction, surgical simulation has become a central component of the way doctors, nurses, and healthcare professionals learn and ply their craft. But let’s begin by establishing a definition, as surgical simulation can cover a wide range of technologies and tools: encompassing everything from physical models of the human body for students to train [...]

In August 2004, Google (anonymously) placed a billboard over Highway 101 in Silicon Valley. The billboard read, in stark, unbranded, black and white script: ‘{first 10-digit prime found in consecutive digits e}.com.’ The answer – of course – is 7427466391.com. People who followed the trail this far were met with another equation. Having beaten this [...]

We have produced a number 2D animation explainers for the healthcare and medical sector which helps explain complicated treatment processes within the body. Whilst 3D animation is still the ‘star of the game’ in delivering beautiful and captivating imagery that is highly explanatory and helpful in gaining understanding about the inner workings of healthcare treatment, [...]

As technology continues to revolutionise the healthcare industry, AR (augmented reality) has emerged as a powerful tool for medical professionals and students alike. It has proven itself to be an effective tool for training surgeons, enhancing patient care, and improving medical education. Notably, AR technology has already been used in numerous medical procedures, including spine [...]

Gamification has been a phrase thrown around in corporate e-learning and training space for many years, with organisations using it to create more engaging and interactive training for their employees, however, most gamified learning continues to be nothing more than a multiple choice quiz, and some digital content. The gaming industry is immense; the board [...]

Augmented reality has been around for years, with games like Pokemon Go putting AR in the hands of millions of players worldwide. However the variety of ways we can apply AR are still being explored, with multiplayer capabilities still being a relatively new and undocumented aspect of AR. Synchronising Transform, meaning the position, rotation, and [...]

Medical animation has become an essential tool for modern education and research, and its use is on the rise. With an ever-increasing demand for medical animations, it is essential to understand the importance of hiring a medical animation company for your next project. As an experienced medical animation company, Sliced Bread Animation specialises in creating [...]

In today's fast-paced business environment, change management has become a crucial element for organisational success. However, managing change can be a daunting task, as it often involves changing the existing organisational structure, processes, and culture. To address this challenge, leading businesses are increasingly proposing a new approach to driving organisational change through gamification. In this [...]

Pharmacy education and training is, for an obvious fact, crucial in ensuring that healthcare professionals are equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to provide safe and effective care to patients. However, traditional methods of teaching and learning may not always provide learners with the most engaging and immersive experiences suitable for modern medicine practices. [...]

Virtual reality (VR) is no longer just for gaming and entertainment. In recent years, it has been adopted by various industries to enhance employee training and learning experiences. The benefits of VR in training are numerous, especially in the workplace; compared to lectures (5%), reading (10%), and audio-visual learning (20%), 360 VR training has a [...]

Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) has in recent years opened up a whole new world of possibilities in various industry sectors, but within healthcare (specifically medical training) the benefits just seem to keep on coming. As such, Mixed Reality (MR) is quickly becoming a mainstay in the medical field, promising to revolutionise how [...]

In 2022, construction accounted for 25% of worker fatalities and the fatal injury rate almost doubled that of other industries. Suffice to say, more needs to be done to reduce risk in the construction industry - and virtual reality (VR) could be the tool to change the game entirely. With traditional methods of safety training [...]

The global COVID pandemic shone a spotlight on communications within the pharma industry - and the effect was startling. Increasingly, pharma companies and services face a widening disconnect between themselves and their patients. Internal communications flag, as employees question the approach of the business that employs them. Healthcare stagnates and processes flounder as a vital [...]

Projected to grow by 19.2% CAGR by 2029 (GlobeNewswire), and given the ever-expanding sophistication of animation software, 3D medical animations are booming right now - and with good reason. Doctors, healthcare professionals and patients around the world are realising the benefits of using animatic 3D models to visualise and conceptualise many different aspects within the [...]

Organisations within the pharmaceuticals industry routinely face unrelenting pressure to consistently deliver breakthrough solutions in record time. The Covid-19 pandemic and the unparalleled vaccine development turnaround from companies such as Pfizer and AstraZeneca has only amplified this already unyielding supply and demand dynamic. There is no denying that technologies such as IoT and AI played [...]

According to self-report data from the Labour Force Survey, 565,000 workers sustained a non-fatal injury at work in 2021/22. Whether caused by slips and trips, handling and carrying, or being struck by a moving object, the workplace is one of the most common places for an accident to happen. While there are many variations of [...]

There’s no escaping the fact - biotech is a complex world. Pharmacology encompasses myriad, often-complicated topics and processes, and forward-facing pharmaceutical companies need many strings to their bow. At any given time, the onus may be on pharma companies to provide elements such as: MOA (mechanism of action) demonstrations, novel healthcare research, doctor and nurse [...]

“A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something we’re good at (or getting better at) and enjoy. In other words, gameplay is the direct emotional opposite of depression.” - Jane McGonigal, author, researcher, designer By now, gamification has to be the corporate world’s worst-kept secret. As a tool for [...]

For countless businesses, the office, warehouse, an outdoor plot - or any other premises - is irreplaceable; it’s the very nerve centre of operations. Sadly, however, no physical location is ever truly free from fire hazards, and sometimes, the worst can happen. It only takes a spark to start a fire (or wildfire) that can [...]

Most people have a very specific idea of what a ‘gamer’ is; the term usually conjures up a specific image in the mind. But the reality of today’s gamer couldn’t be more different, with the prevalence of mobile games and pandemic living having a huge impact on shifting the demographics of who a gamer is. [...]

In the words of Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company and one of the 20th century’s most successful business people, “the only thing worse than training your employees and having them leave, is not training them and having them stay.” Indeed, the business value of an effective training program, and the implementation of [...]

Enterprise is, for better or worse, the energy that makes our consumer world go round. Businesses come in all shapes and sizes, selling all manner of different products and services, catering to every conceivable market demographic. But of the almost 5.6 million companies in the UK, and the 213 million that are estimated to exist [...]

Nine seconds. That's the purported attention span of the much-maligned goldfish. But, somewhat less-amusingly, the modern human consumer has an attention span of eight - just eight - seconds, meaning that humans have weaker concentration abilities... than goldfish. That's according to research by Microsoft, and reported in TIME magazine, anyway. The headline-grabbing and slightly tongue-in-cheek [...]

It’s no secret that engaged employees are motivated employees. Moreover, job satisfaction drives productivity and profits. Surveys show that a happy workforce produces higher levels of performance, less absenteeism and better employee retention. The key question for businesses is how to keep your employees motivated to work for your company. With advancements in technology, and [...]

"Crucial to science education," in the words of Martin Rees, British cosmologist, astrophysicist and fifteenth Astronomer Royal, "is hands-on involvement: showing, not just telling; real experiments and field trips." In the digital world of today, rote-learning, memorisation and recitation are educational techniques of the past. We've awoken to the truth that 'practice makes perfect' - [...]

No matter your sector or industry, engaging your users is the first step on the path to success; fail to inspire, captivate and arrest people, and any subsequent efforts to make sales (or even be noticed) will be in vain - or, at least, significantly hindered. Our modern world is populated by human beings, consumers [...]

By now most people have at least heard of virtual reality (VR). Whilst experience with VR still remains a mystery to most, interest in the technology has been gaining momentum for more than a decade - but the concept of virtual reality is much older. You may be surprised to learn the idea of VR [...]

With animation software becoming easily accessible for nearly everyone with a computer or smartphone at hand, everyone can have a go at creating animation. Many online courses are available to get you either started in animation or equip you with the professional knowledge to truly let your talent sparkle. With all those technical advances it [...]

Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) are opening doorways to the construction industry and enabling architects to take building designs to the next level. Economists estimate the latest VR technologies will lower construction costs by around 90% and could save the industry up to $15.8 billion that is typically lost due [...]

When trying to achieve realism and high definition in Unity, it is important to study lighting techniques within game engines (such as Unity & Unreal) to see how much you can push a scene and how much others have been able to achieve. Once you’ve done some research, find an image with nice lighting similar [...]

If you’ve never worked with an animation studio before you would be forgiven for being a little unsure about what the animation process is, and how it all works. Do you want to know exactly what to expect if you work on an animation project with Sliced Bread Animation?