'Metaverse,' shooting spark South Dakota surgeon's 3D school mapping

Sanford Health doctor works to bolster life-saving ability for police and firefighters with three-dimensional scans of education centers

Dr. Maria Bell is curious.

She thinks about things, wonders what could happen next, and then finds a path to get there. It’s how she’s been successful in her more than 25 years as a surgeon – treating women with cancer.

And now, it’s how she’s building a nonprofit aimed at keeping schoolchildren safe.

But it all started with a question: What is the metaverse, and how are people using it?

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