Exploring the Metaverse: Virtual Reality Applications in Healthcare and Surgery
With Dr. Todd Ponsky & Dr. Rami Shaben · hosted by Dr. Tom Batch
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What the experts said
The lab at Cincinnati Children's Hospital 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 a specific space, metaverse is a concept, a new concept of Internet of communication and the information deliveries
In metaverse, you can fly and build new tools
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 eggs in the metaverse basket
There are potential opportunities for surgical simulation in the metaverse
There are potential opportunities for surgical planning in the metaverse
You could create an environment of an operating room in the metaverse and go into that operating room and really feel like you're there
Metaverse is a space similar to the Internet where people will be able to engage with different types of media like virtual reality, augmented reality, and much more
Internet is something you can browse, but Metaverse is somewhere you can live in under special circumstances
Metaverse is a highly interactive three-dimensional world where you can have different experiences with your own created avatar
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
According to the late 2021 survey, the second advantage of metaverse is enhancing creativity and imagination