Apple Pitches Vision Pro as Healthcare Solution

[MacRumors]

Apple today highlighted the Vision Pro's ability to aid the healthcare industry, showcasing a wide range of apps now available on the visionOS App Store.

Apple explained how immersive apps that blend digital content with the physical world can transform how medical professionals train, plan surgeries, and engage in patient care both in clinical settings and at home. For example, the myMako app leverages the Vision Pro's 3D capabilities to enhance surgical planning, providing surgeons with intuitive and dynamic access to surgical plans and insights. On the other hand, CyranoHealth utilizes spatial computing to offer comprehensive, immersive training on medical equipment, aiming to boost confidence and reduce anxiety among frontline healthcare workers.

Siemens Healthineers' Cinematic Reality app creates immersive, interactive holograms of human anatomy, enhancing medical education and patient consultations. Epic Systems is reimagining patient record management with the Epic Spatial Computing Concept, allowing healthcare professionals to interact with patient data using intuitive gestures and spatial computing. Meanwhile, Cedars-Sinai's Xaia offers a unique approach to mental health support, providing AI-enabled, conversational therapy in customizable, calming environments. See Apple's full article over on its newsroom webpage for more information.

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[JapanApple]

I can see the future in the medical field in resources; and training in equipment and procedures.

 

[outlawarth]

I would be asking for another doctor if I saw mine wearing this microwave strapped to his/her head.

 

[L92]

B2B/Enterprise is the kiss of death for VR headsets.

 

[BuffaloTF]

I mean… that screen is really cool. But that’s something that one could use as part of a video conference interface in telemedicine. That way… the person on the other end gets to see the real you/doctor/nurse. In fact, it probably already is.

 

[contacos]

this will never come to Germany. Too many privacy concerns and what hospital has budgets for "toys" like these. We still use fax and are not allowed to send anything over e-mail.

 

[emmab2006]

won't happen in the U.K our government is run by old people.

 

[Fuzzball84]

I doubt this is what they were going for when they firstpitched the idea to executives 😂

Probably last use case on the list.. enterprise deployment… like Apple have supported that market much in its history… they only get a foothold in graphics and design… everyone else uses windows and linux in enterprise.

 

[vmachiel]

I would be asking for another doctor if I saw mine wearing this microwave strapped to his/her head.

O for sure. The form factor needs to be all the way into regular glasses territory before this is gonna fly.

 

[BvizioN]

I would be asking for another doctor if I saw mine wearing this microwave strapped to his/her head.

You won't see him/her wearing one. You will see his/her persona instead with no "microwave" on his/her head.

 

[Fuzzball84]

won't happen in the U.K our government is run by old people.

The government is run by old families.. Not old people 😂

 

[gleepskip]

Goodnight AVP, we hardly knew ye. iPod Hifi outliveth thee.

 

[Godspeed8230]

this will never come to Germany. Too many privacy concerns and what hospital has budgets for "toys" like these. We still use fax and are not allowed to send anything over e-mail.

A: I am sorry, I am unable to receive a fax from where I am.
B: Where are you?
A: In the future.

 

[Fuzzball84]

Goodnight AVP, we hardly knew ye. iPod Hifi outliveth thee.

Really has gone quiet… people seem a lot more interested in new ipads macs etc… especially better software, games… Apple Silicon etc

Traditional Apple ground

None of my current group of friends are much excited about AvP… a couple weeks was interesting… but no one talks about it now.

 

[arkitect]

Really has gone quiet… people seem a lot more interested in new ipads macs etc… especially better software, games… Apple Silicon etc

Traditional Apple ground

None of my current group of friends are much excited about AvP… a couple weeks was interesting… but no one talks about it now.

This is true.

After the initial, admittedly quite muted release, it has been *crickets*.

I would have expected Apple Inc to really keep on pushing it in all media.

Even MacRumors's VP owner(s) have gone quiet.

 

[DelayedGratificationGene]

Also just read about Cromwell Hospital in London using AVP successfully on a male patient spinal surgery. The surgical team said it was a “game changer”.

 

[DelayedGratificationGene]

won't happen in the U.K our government is run by old people.

No look again. Cromwell just used it

 

[DelayedGratificationGene]

AVP interest is also accelerating on social media. How ironic there are FB AVP groups everywhere with tens of thousands of members.

 

[Fuzzball84]

No look again. Cromwell just used it

Would be interesting to know the guidelines for its use in surgery… its not even officially available in the UK yet

 

[DelayedGratificationGene]

B2B/Enterprise is the kiss of death for VR headsets.

Huh? Not following at all lol

 

[sw1tcher]

I mean… that screen is really cool. But that’s something that one could use as part of a video conference interface in telemedicine. That way… the person on the other end gets to see the real you/doctor/nurse.

It's not the real you, doctor, nurse, etc though. It's a digital persona of that person.

 

[psume]

for someone who is in healthcare, I agree this can be used for the future, however right now the market just isnt there for something like this right now. make this cheaper, i think we can see doctors and physicians doing patient care like this in a couple of years.

 

[tekipaki]

As if healthcare costs aren't already high enough for Americans, now we need to pay for medical staff‘s space goggles.

 

[madmin]

Will need to be bug free before they use it in a hospital 😅

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

B2B/Enterprise is the kiss of death for VR headsets.

One of the headline features of the iPhone 3G was “better enterprise support”.
And that wasn’t a feature that was hidden, or put at the bottom of a press release, it was one of the headline features announced on stage, next to third-party application support and 3G networking.
There was een an advertisement ran about it…

Guess that was the “kiss of death” for the iPhone, right? Right?