Forbes November 29, 2021
For many years, healthcare delivery entailed the physical interaction between a patient and physician as a means to receive a diagnosis, medical treatment, or operative care. This changed slightly with the advent of telehealth, which delivered the patient-physician relationship through digital means and the internet.
But these paradigms are now at the cusp of an even larger, more monumental form of unprecedented disruption, as augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) are quickly bringing forth possibilities that were never previously imagined.
Earlier this year, I wrote about Microsoft Mesh, a “holoportation” and mixed reality platform that aims to make digital connections life-like and enable new ways to remotely teach, learn, and perform tasks virtually. This is in conjunction with Microsoft’s Hololens technology,...