The Importance of Augmented Reality in Healthcare
Virtual reality is well-known, but what about augmented reality? Although the name may appear unfamiliar, it is likely that you have already used it without realizing it. It's possible you've even played a game based on it. Pokémon Go is a notable example of this, as it allows you to walk around your neighborhood or town "capturing" wild Pokémon that appear on the screen as if they've appeared right in front of you.
The terms virtual reality and Augmented reality are interchangeable. You can participate in a
computerized virtual environment that appears in front of you on your phone
screen or through a headset in both cases.
However, there is one significant distinction. Virtual reality is a completely immersive experience. That is, it allows you to immerse yourself in a completely fictitious environment, complete with sight and sound. While you can interact with it and it may even appear realistic or lifelike, virtual reality is separate from reality.
Augmented Reality in Healthcare
The fact that Augmented Reality in Healthcare
mixes virtual visuals with the real environment, including real objects and
real people, makes it unique and more beneficial in medicine. That means your
surgeon, doctor, or nurse could use augmented reality to see things in front of
them that they couldn't see otherwise, such as the veins in your arm, a broken
bone, a brain tumor, an X-ray, or your health records, without diverting their
attention away from you to look at some other screen.
Points to Remember:
Today, Augmented reality is employed in hospitals all over
the world for purposes such as vein visualisation, surgical visualisation, and
education.
Recent hardware and software advancements have substantially
improved the user and developer experience while lowering the cost of augmented
reality.
AR's potential benefits to customers and businesses are
being investigated by forward-thinking healthcare providers.
We're still in the early stages of AR in healthcare, but
huge advancements in patient and healthcare professional education,
communication, and patient outcomes are on the way.
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