The Trend of Metaverse and Augmented & Virtual Reality Extending to the Healthcare System

Kunal Bhugaonkar, Roshan Bhugaonkar, Neha Masne, Kunal Bhugaonkar, Roshan Bhugaonkar, Neha Masne

Abstract

There is no escaping Internet's favorite buzzword for 2022: The Metaverse. Everyone is talking about it, but only a few know what it is or how it works. One can look at the Metaverse as a 3D model of the Internet where it is possible to spend your reality parallel to the virtual world. In broad terms, Metaverse can be explained as a virtual space, graphically rich, leaning towards verisimilitude where people can do all sorts of things they do in real-life such as shop, play, socialize, and party. The pandemic has accelerated innovations in the digital age. Looking beyond revolutions in telehealth, payments, remote monitoring, and secure data-sharing are other essential innovations in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and blockchain technology. The Metaverse is still in its nascent stage and evolving continuously, having a huge potential in health care to combine the technologies of AI, AR/VR, web 3.0, Internet of medical devices, and quantum computing, along with robotics to give a new direction to healthcare systems. From improving surgical precision to therapeutic usage and more, the Metaverse can bring significant changes to the industry.

Keywords: augmented reality; healthcare; medical education; metaverse; virtual reality.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Copyright © 2022, Bhugaonkar et al.

Figures

Figure 1. Representation of a doctor consultation…
Figure 1. Representation of a doctor consultation via virtual reality
Image illustrated by the author
Figure 2. Representation of a live neurology…
Figure 2. Representation of a live neurology class via virtual reality
Image illustrated by the author

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