CHAPTER 1REVIEWS OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF VR/AR HEALTH CARE APPLICATIONS IN TERMS OF ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIETAL CHANGE

MUHAMMAD SHARIF1, GHULAM JILLANI ANSARI,1, MUSSARAT YASMIN1, STEVEN LAWRENCE FERNANDES2

1 Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Campus

2 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, Mangaluru, India

Emails: muhammadsharifmalik@yahoo.com, steven.ec@sahyadri.edu.in

Abstract

Recently it has been observed that computer related applications are vigorously available to support training and learning of health care professionals being involved in diversified organizations to put into practice an impactful change in society. Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are swiftly becoming progressively more available, accessible and most importantly within an individual reach. Thus, services and applications related to health care certainly improve the use of medical data. This will result in exploring new health care opportunities not only in the organizations but cover the whole society for auxiliary transformation and enhancement. Furthermore, combination of VR/AR technologies with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) will present powerful and mainly unexplored application areas that will revolutionize health care and medicine practice. Hence, the aim of this systematic review is to implicate to which extent VR/AR health care services and applications are ...

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