Assessing the Opportunities for Virtual, Augmented, and Diminished Reality in the Healthcare Sector
Silvia Cacho-Elizondo, José-Domingo Lázaro Álvarez, Victor-Ernesto Garcia · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks · 2017
The use of new technologies in the health-care sector has increased considerably in recent years, especially in terms of developing the potential benefits of Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality AR), and Diminished Reality (DR). These technologies allow for the diffusion of information and specified knowledge to aid in making critical and complex decisions. This chapter explores the adoption and absorption of VR, AR, and DR in the health-care field. It analyzes the evolution, the advantages and disadvantages, as well as providing perspectives on the future growth and impact of these innovations. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.