Future Of Surgery: Virtual Reality, Robotics And Collaboration

Immersive technologies are becoming a reality in the OR. In Vivo explores the future of surgery, profiling innovators of augmented reality technologies and exploring the promise and challenges surrounding robotic surgery as companies try to take technologies to the next level. 

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In the post-pandemic world, health care professionals and surgeons will increasingly turn to immersive technologies – augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) – which open up new possibilities for learning, remote collaboration, enhanced performance and collecting data.

AR, which enhances the real world with digital twins, allows surgeons to overlay data and visuals over a patient’s body during surgery and plan for surgeries. VR, which allows the...

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