How VR/AR technology changes the medical industry

1. Use VR technology to plan surgeries in advance: One of the first applications of VR technology in the medical field is to use VR to simulate upcoming surgeries in advance.

2. Surgical robots make virtual surgery possible: The operating process of the Da Vinci robot is: the computer and robot are placed between the doctor and the patient, and the robot converts the doctor's hand movements on the computer into Movement of surgical instruments and transmitting a 3D view of the surgery through a custom display table or monitor.

3. Holographic glasses can provide surgical assistance based on AR technology: By using VR technology, doctors can accurately show patients the problems caused by their hearts, brains or joints, instead of showing them a Plastic model or draw a simple picture.

4. AR/VR technology can provide patients with more convenience: Stanford University’s Medical Center collaborated with Microsoft’s HoloLens team to develop a system that solves the problem of real-time calibration in breast cancer surgery. The system currently uses surface markers to keep the augmented reality display consistent during surgery, but they are working with Microsoft and Stanford University's Bio-X to develop a better way to position it in 3D.

Take HTC Vive devices as an example. In addition to daily playing games and watching videos, it can also be used in education, automobiles, real estate and other industries. This is also a future development trend.