Enter the theatre today at 1 pm, and be part of the first virtual reality operation. Using Google Cardboard and your own phone you can join Medical Realities during this głobal educational experience.
This April 14th, or today, you can join the surgeon for the world’s first 360 degree immerse operating theatre experience. Enter the theatre on and be part of the first virtual reality operation. Using Google Cardboard and your own phone you can join Medical Realities during this głobal educational experience. Members of the public, students and surgeons alike can view the surgery on their own devices, and through the use of Google Cardboard and Medical Realities app.
The company offering this experience is Medical Realities, which offers medical training products, specializing in virtual reality, augmented reality and serious games. By using consumer-level virtual reality devices such as the Oculus Rift, Medical Realities can reduce the cost of training, reach a wider audience & provide a completely safe learning environment for medical students.
Their product, the Virtual Surgeon combines 360 video, 3D and interactive content, and puts you inside the operating theatre overseeing an operation through the eyes of the consultant surgeon. The learning program was developed for head mounted displays such as the Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR.
Founded by Steve Dann and Dr Shafi Ahmed, Medical Realities wants to offer a solution for effective teaching and training to anyone, anywhere in the world.
Dann is recognised as an augmented & virtual reality expert evangelist, and Dr Ahmed is an experienced general and colorectal surgeon, operating at The Royal London Hospital. In 2007, he was appointed as a Consultant General, Colorectal and Laparoscopic Surgeon at Barts and the London NHS trust.
The world’s first livestreaming of surgery with Google Glass was performed by Dr Rafael Grossmann in 2013. He had endoscopically inserted a feeding tube into a patient while the procedure was streamed live to a Google Glass Hang-out. Later, Dr Ahmed performed another live-stream of an operation using Google Glass in 2014, which was watched live by 13000 students around the world.