2. Virtual reality (VR)
• “a computer-simulated environment, whether that
environment is a simulation of the real world or an
imaginary world”- Wikipedia

3. Department of Defense
Hospitals
Medical schools
Medical equipment manufacturers

4. Pre-operative planning
Robot-assisted surgery
Anatomy instruction
Therapeutic use for pain and depression
Visualization of medical data (3D modeling;
remote collaboration)
Design of healthcare facilities (patient-
centered, evidence-based)

5. Dr. Jeffrey Gold (Director, Pediatric Pain Management Clinic at
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles)
• VR “… produces a modulating effect that is endogenous, so
the analgesic influence is not simply a result of distraction
but may also impact how the brain responds to painful
stimuli”.
• Currently running an NIH-funded study in which he uses
MRI to measure the effects of VR and experimental pain.

6. Snow World
• VR game created by Hunter Hoffman (Director of the
University of Washington's VR Analgesia Research
Center) with psychologist David Patterson (Chief of
rehabilitation medicine at Harborview Burn Center)
• Originally used with children; now used to help
soldiers recovering from burn injuries

8. “Lifeomics is a future healthcare model
integrating key ideas from genomics, modern
statistics, ubiquitous computing, and virtual
reality to promote participatory learning, social
awareness, and wellbeing living.”
http://www.duke.edu/~chc12/lifeomics/

9. Will integrate use of:
• a wearable computing device (LifeomicsWEAR) for
recording of continuous vital signs
• a networked software (Lifeomics World) combining
virtual reality, electronic health record system, and
predictive|preventive measurements

10. Goals
• To “promote continuous health awareness, participatory
learning, and wholesome living”.
• To generate “a wellbeing status report of a participant
based on evolving datasets from the Web 2.0
applications, intimate health measurements from the
LifeomicsWEAR, and human-avatar activities in the
Lifeomics World.”
• http://bit.ly/bSfDEY

13. Augmented Reality
• “…a live direct or indirect view of a physical real-
world environment whose elements are augmented by
virtual computer-generated sensory input such as sound
or graphics.” -- Wikipedia

15. Possible healthcare applications:
• Captioning for the hearing impaired
• Monitoring through nanoscale biosensors
 Blood-sugar levels
 Cholesterol
 Sodium
 Potassium

16. Wikitude
Glue
Acrossair
RobotVision
Layar

17. Layar
• Used in Holland to find specific healthcare providers
• Used in Japan to help find the nearest AED

19. On prescription bottles- access patient info
Allergy indications on foods/vitamins
Contraindications for other medications
Quick downloads for healthcare apps

20. Directions and other info when being referred
to a specialist
For instructional videos for in-home health
devices (such as CPAPs)
ER wait-times

21. Alternate realities are pushing towards a model
of healthcare in which patients have more
control over their health/health information.

22. http://www.delicious.com/riverspirit/futureisno
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