Students were allowed before surgeries in virtual reality

At the beginning of June, 2020 the university of Japan began to use virtual reality (VR) for training of students in the conditions of a coronavirus pandemic.

Distribution of COVID-19 seriously influenced education and scientific research. In some areas training is performed in practice, and the online alternative does not exist. For example, trainees-surgeons who cannot get access to operational halls because of measures for social distancing can miss important stages of preparation.

Students were allowed before surgeries in virtual reality

Nevertheless, VR-applications can solve this problem at least partly. At the Tokyo women's medical university the procedural room of new generation which serves as the proving ground for new technologies is placed Smart Cyber Operation Theatre (SCOT). Now VR technologies were added to robotics, data analysis and AI.

The camera Insta360 Titan, the software of Insta360 8K Live and software of Hacosco VR are used for demonstration of transactions in real time from the point of view of the surgeon to medical students and other doctors. After the beginning of a pandemic in SCOT the special camera capable to write and transfer 8K-video was mounted. It gives forward translations to users of virtual headsets outside movie theater.

According to the CEO of Hacosco Naotaka Fujii, video flows with support of virtual reality provide the overview field earlier unavailable in operating rooms. So far only two persons can watch transaction in real time using headsets, but this number potentially can be increased in the future.

While protocols of social distancing COVID-19 limit individual occupations, stream broadcasting in real time can become a basis for education, - say at the university.[1]

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