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eXeX Claims ‘World First’: Apple’s Mixed-Reality Headset Deployed As Logistics Tool In OR

 
• By Marion Webb

The Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset was used during several spine reconstruction surgeries along with surgical support software and mixed reality provided by eXpanded eXistence, the Orlando, FL-based startup announced on 6 February.

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Orlando, FL-based eXpanded eXistence, eXeX, which is developing AI and mixed reality software to assist in the operating room, announced on 6 February that its software, integrated with the new Apple Vision Pro mixed-reality headset, was used to enhance organization and workflow during several spine reconstruction surgeries.

eXeX says using its software with the Apple Inc. Apple Vision Pro offers nurses and technicians both holographic and...

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