Matwala, Kabir;
Shakir, Taner;
Bhan, Chetan;
Chand, Manish;
(2023)
The surgical metaverse.
Cirugía Española (English Edition)
10.1016/j.cireng.2023.11.009.
(In press).
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Abstract
Recent developments have seen acceleration in the development of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technology. Through these developments, the metaverse has emerged. Within the metaverse, users create an avatar to experience an immersive, interactive extended reality. Current front-runners in its implementation are the financial, communication and entertainment sectors. This technology, however, is receiving greater recognition in the medical world, with national and international surgical bodies acknowledging the benefits that VR and the metaverse will have on surgical training and patient care. Its versatility means that we are likely to see VR related technology become intimately woven into the fabric of surgery in the next two decade. In this article, the impact of the metaverse on the surgical field will be discussed.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The surgical metaverse |
| Location: | Spain |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cireng.2023.11.009 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cireng.2023.11.009 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third-party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Augmented reality, Educación quirúrgica, Metaverse, Metaverso, Realidad aumentada, Realidad virtual, Simulación, Simulation, Surgical education, Virtual reality |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci > Department of Targeted Intervention |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10190428 |
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