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Coronavirus Pandemic Brings New Uses for Augmented Reality

(Wall Street Journal) Sara Castellanos - Augmented reality superimposes digital content, such as 3-D images or visual instructions, onto a user's view of the real world. This can be done through mobile devices and wearable headsets such as Microsoft's HoloLens. The coronavirus pandemic has increased interest in remote assistance and training because employees and customers are less willing to be in close contact. Since March, Sheba Medical Center in Israel has used five HoloLens 2 headsets to train 60 physicians, biomedical engineers and nurses on how to operate ventilators for Covid-19 patients, said Ravid Segal, chief technology officer of the Israel Center for Medical Simulation (MSR), located at Sheba. The HoloLens headset uses optical projection to create digital hologram-like objects that users can see and interact with. Medical workers wearing the headset can see a hologram-like rendering of a ventilator superimposed on their real-world view. The headset includes built-in instructions that guide the worker through the process of operating the ventilator in front of them. The headset can also be used as a way for doctors in other parts of the hospital to give remote assistance without needing to be physically present but still being able to see what is happening in a patient's room.
2020-06-05 00:00:00
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