Augmented Reality In Healthcare Will Be Revolutionary: 9 Examples

Augmented reality is one of the most promising digital health technologies at present – look at the success of Pokémon Go – and it has the potential to change healthcare and everyday medicine completely for physicians and patients alike. By now, it is official: Pokémon Go conquered the world. TechCrunch reported that on the day when the game was launched, it immediately surpassed the daily time usage of Facebook, SnapChat or Twitter by the average iOS user on mobile phones. Tom Curry, a man living in New Zealand quit his job to become a full-time Pokémon hunter. In Central Park, herds of Pokémon Go players almost caused a stampede as they tried to capture a rare type of the imagined animal. Rafael Grossmann, the first surgeon who performed an operation with the help of Google Glass, told me that Pokémon Go represents the ultimate gamification of an “activity” app, and that he does not think the inventors of the game such as Nintendo expected nor planned this effect in people. AR has a place in the future of healthcare, just read our interview with mixed reality expert, Robert Scoble. But now, let’s see what is already possible today. So why is the game so popular and what does it have to do with the future of medicine? The response is augmented reality (AR) and the rising interest of people in its use. Pokémon Go is made with exactly this technology: the device (in this case your phone) transmits a live or indirect view of a physical, real-world environme...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Augmented Reality Future of Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers google glass Innovation Surgery technology GC1 AR Source Type: blogs