Mixed reality applied to Medicine will be key in the OVR 2018

Sngular will present at the OVR 2018 a project that facilitates the work of surgeons using mixed reality glasses. For your part, Nokia will release 360º videos for educational purposes for UAX veterinary students.

The practical applications that Mixed Reality has in the environment of Medicine will be one of the key themes of the VR Observatory from Malaga, which will take place 18 al 19 July at the Digital Content Pole of the Andalusian city. Nokia y Sngular They will be two of the companies responsible for demonstrating how this technology is applied to this environment.

The Sevillian company with presence in Mexico and the United States, Sngular, will present the innovative project developed together with the Virgen del Rocío University Hospital from Seville, that will make the work of surgeons easier during an operation through an all-in-one system that uses Mixed Reality glasses Microsoft Hololens.

Fernando Sierra, director of Sngular's Virtual Reality DKC, and the head of Cardiac Surgery at the Virgen del Rocío University Hospital in Seville, José Miguel Borrego, They will share with attendees how their tool solves the defocalization that occurs in the surgeon when having to review and memorize diagnostic images before an operation, and view various monitors with information during the surgical procedure.

The Observatory will reveal how, thanks to this system, this visual information will be available in the field of vision of the specialist in the place of his choice.. Attendees will be able to see how, by using voice commands or gestures, the surgeon can access essential information and view multiple monitors of the operating room devices..

Another advantage that Sngular will demonstrate on your project is the possibility of first-person video recording (from the surgeon's point of view) with all the information layered through holograms. This will enable the generation and recovery of content with high educational value., since future surgeons will observe the operation from the real viewing angle.

Finally, Sngular will share on the OVR 2018 How being able to broadcast operations live will make it possible to create a virtual anatomical theater in which other doctors can share opinions and information without being present in the room.

Video in 360 for educational purposes

For your part, Nokia will present the results of the “Immersive video in educational environments” project for the first time at the VR Observatory. A study developed together with the Alfonso X el Sabio University (UAX) and the Santander Bank in which almost one hundred fourth-year Veterinary Medicine students who carry out internships at the UAX Veterinary Clinical Hospital have actively participated..

Thanks to this project, future veterinarians have been able to experience a surgery class without being present in the classroom, using 360º virtual reality glasses and headphones.

In addition, via video 360 followed the evolution, guided by a teacher, of the process of healing and bandaging a horse that they had seen weeks before in the classroom of the subject of Surgical Pathology and Surgery.

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate how immersive technologies have effective applications in the educational field., promoting participatory learning, the acquisition of manual skills in tasks that require it (like surgery) and the opportunity to perform experiments and activities that can only occur in a simulated environment.