5Metaverse: The New Era in Medical Field

M. Sreedhar1, Shaik Himam Saheb2* and Kona Ravi Sandeep Kumar3

1 Guru Nanak University, Ibrahimpatnam, Hyderabad, India

2 Department of Mechatronics Engineering, ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad, India

3 Vignan’s Institute of Management and Technology for Women, Hyderabad, India

Abstract

Metaverse technologies have recently become a reality and have gained the interest of scientific companies, the educational environment, and the medical industry. Given the prevalence of screen time, particularly among children and adolescents, meta versions should serve as a venue for health promotion. The goals of this study were to find publications that connected meta versions to prevention as well as medical treatment, engineering education with practical training, and simulation and the research environment, and to review recent literature. Rapid developments in automation and digitization have expedited the expansion of the healthcare industry and developed new models that open up new avenues for providing care at lower costs. An innovative digital technique called the metaverse has a huge potential in the healthcare industry that can help all stakeholders of medical facilities such as doctors, patients, and medical students. The metaverse is the connection of many supporting technologies, together with artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), mixed reality, Internet of Things (IoT), medical ...

Get Metaverse and Immersive Technologies now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.