Medical Device Network June 26, 2020
As AR and VR technologies mature, the lowering cost of hardware and device delivery, and increasing education content and health-related applications, is creating a growing demand for wearable devices across emerging markets. Markets such as Asia Pacific (excluding Japan), Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East and Africa are beginning to use more and more wearables as their healthcare infrastructures improve and their access to technology increases.
Listed below are the major milestones in VR/AR technology in the healthcare industry, as identified by GlobalData.
1956 – Sensorama, considered to be one of the earliest VR systems, was invented.
1968 – The first VR HMD, The Sword of Damocles, was created.
1977 – Developed at MIT, the...