Forbes March 29, 2024
John Koetsier

Apple Vision Pro is perhaps the best virtual tool yet for training surgeons, says a company that builds virtual experiences to medical training, adding that its gesture control system is “phenomenal.” Using Apple Vision Pro in training—similar to other VR systems—can reduce surgical training time by 40% to 200%.

Best of all, it develops competence before a doctor has to practice on a human patient.

“Our vision is all about getting to something we call pre-human competence, which is don’t practice on me, practice on a simulated version of me and then come into the OR and perform on me,” says Richard Vincent, CEO of Fundamental VR, in a recent TechFirst podcast.

That’s also true for other training software that...

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