Incorporating Virtual and Augmented Reality for Advanced Medical Education

Abstract

Modern simulation models of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are, at present, enhancing medical education. Users can engage structures in real-time 3D interaction using virtual reality. Advanced technologies in haptics, display systems, and motion detection help the user to achieve an experience of realism with interactive features; hence VR is best suited for practical procedures training. As such, applications of VR are found more in surgeries and other interventional procedures. The application of AR allows for the modification or augmentation of the physical environment by combining virtual data and structures with physical objects. It seems useful to have AR applications as an integral part of our knowledge concerning physiological and anatomical processes. Numerous VR and AR applications using various hardware platforms and in diverse settings have been the subject of experiments aiming to prove their realism and didactic value. Some history of VR AR in medicine can be found in this chapter, and some guide ideals and norms rule them.