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UK and US Led in Enterprise and Industrial Metaverse Adoption says Nokia, EY

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Well, according to the report, the US, UK, and Brazil contain the most firms actively leading in terms of Metaverse deployment and piloting of at-least one Metaverse use case, with the US leading by 65 percent, the UK by 64 percent, and Brazil by 63 percent – the current leading regions for workplace Metaverse solution deployment.

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Global Spine Congress to Host Cadaver-Less Training Course for 100 Surgeons Using Oculus Quest

Peter Graham

This May will see the annual Global Spine Congress (GSC) take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, one of the largest events in the world for spine surgeons. “We considered how to improve patient outcomes very carefully when creating our surgeon training platform,” said Dr. .

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What is the Market Growth of Virtual Reality

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Even before the pandemic of 2020, people looked at extended reality (XR) technology as an opportunity to improve digital collaboration, training, and communication. Firms like StriVR and Headroom also provide essential training and onboarding procedures for enterprise clients experimenting with emerging technology.

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Doctors Leverage VR to Separate Conjoined Twins

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Jeelani led the operation with Dr Gabriel Mufarrej, Head of Paediatric Surgery at Brazil’s Instituto Estaduel do Cerebro Paulo Niemeyer and has performed his sixth operation with Gemini Untwined. In a statement to PA news agency, he said incorporating VR for the lengthy procedure was “just wonderful.”

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HoloLens is helping surgeons work together across the world

CraneMorley

In mid-December 2020, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Bruno Gobbato in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil, performed a surgery to repair a collarbone fracture. During this project doctors discovered the HoloLens as a beneficial tool for planning and training surgeries. This was no ordinary procedure.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.08.08): Xiaomi unveils its smartglasses, Improbable and RP1 want to create the networking for the metaverse, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Conjoined twins surgery was aided by VR training. This week we had one of those stories: in Brazil, it has been possible to do a complex operation of separating two conjoined twins thanks to the extensive training that the team of surgeons has been able to perform in VR.

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Escaping Into Virtuality

Tech Trends VR

We’ve seen compelling use cases emerge for AR, VR and MR across education , industry, retail and training, as well as the increased acceptance of it as an art form, with festivals all over the world dedicating space to showcasing VR strands. Brazil, U.K.

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