From
Dr. Ramy Shaaban
Exploring the metaverse and its potential applications in healthcare
With Dr. Todd Ponsky & Dr. Rami Shaben · hosted by Dr. Tom Batch
Chapter 1 of 5 · Fundamentals
Introduction
Introduction and podcast setup
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What the experts said
Cincinnati Children's Hospital lab has been meeting in the surgical metaverse
Meeting in a metaverse workroom feels better than watching each other on a 2D Zoom meeting because you actually feel like you're in the room together
Metaverse is not a specific technology or space but a concept of Internet communication and information delivery
Metaverse is a highly interactive three-dimensional world where you can have different experiences with your own created avatar
Metaverse will give us new abilities that we don't normally have in real life
Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and many others are putting a lot of investment in metaverse technology
Potential healthcare opportunities for metaverse include surgical simulation
Potential healthcare opportunities for metaverse include surgical planning
Creating an environment of an operating room in metaverse could allow users to feel like they're really there
It is uncertain whether metaverse is just a passing trend or a future disruptive technology
Metaverse is a space similar to the Internet where people can engage with different types of media like virtual reality and augmented reality
Internet is something you can browse, but metaverse is somewhere you can live in under special circumstances
In metaverse you can meet with new people around the world, get together with real life friends, meet colleagues, and have meetings
A late 2021 survey of global internet users found that the biggest advantage of metaverse is overcoming the obstacles that prevent us to do something in our real life
The second advantage of metaverse according to the survey is enhancing creativity and imagination