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TECHNOLOGY
Hi-tech: A surgeon using AR technology to view diagnostic imaging information about a patient. AR technology allows full diagnostics to
be used, viewed and manipulated in surgery without the introduction of potential contaminants; AR has no actual surface. It also means the
surgeon can view and manipulate this data without needing to rescrub.
to take a single article off – sheds a whole new light on the
Emperor’s new clothes!
By hooking into already available data streams and recognition
software, you will know if a ‘friend’ is in your proximity and then
be able to view a real-time-path to them. It will also mark the end
of ‘now what is his/her name?’, as facial recognition and device
tracking will quickly generate all the data required. Data – which
only you can see – like their name, when you last connected and
how you know them, will display via your eyewear.
When you travel, you will have your own personal translator
that can read signs, help you get to where you’re going, tell the
shop assistant what you want, as well as give you a seamless visual
and aural experience of a bygone era which you can walk through.
In surgery all pre-operative imaging and diagnostics will be
3D-mapped onto the patient via the eyewear. Simultaneously
all the data being collected during the procedure will be
processed back to the device helping with risk assessments and
patient progress, whilst also providing details on alternative
courses of action.
The all grey dystopia cityscapes depicted in many books could
in fact one day be reality – when it will cost far less to build a
big grey concrete building and then map a virtual surface onto
it, which you can change quickly and inexpensively with your
standard laptop computer or even a hand-held device.
Whilst first generation Google Glasses will not have all the
A new view: Google’s slimline AR glasses will mark the
beginning of a new generation of eyewear that provides handsfree
access to a whole new dimension for viewing the world.
functionality mentioned above, it is clear AR devices will be with
us soon. And once they hit the market this technology will rapidly
advance and improve.
You may think Medicus has taken a trip into a fantasy world,
but AR is coming and it is coming fast. So hang onto your
hats because the world is about to become a whole lot more
interactive.
August MEDICUS 63