Fundamentals of the Metaverse for the Healthcare Industry

Chiranji Lal Chowdhary; Siva Rama Krishnan Somayaji; Vijay Kumar; Sandeep Singh Sengar

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-60073-9_1

Fundamentals of the Metaverse for the Healthcare Industry

Chiranji Lal Chowdhary, Siva Rama Krishnan Somayaji, Vijay Kumar, Sandeep Singh Sengar

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Abstract

The way we interact with the digital world is about to undergo a transformation thanks to a novel and intriguing idea called the metaverse. It is a combined virtual world made up of many interwoven realities, including virtual, augmented, and real. The metaverse is a vibrant fusion of the physical and the virtual that create a single, location-independent arena where people can engage, collaborate, learn, and connect in real time. The medical community has a fairly positive outlook on the metaverse. It can help the medical practitioners for remote diagnosis especially during critical condition and also aid in effective diagnostic process. The metaverse offers a fresh learning environment with immersive experiences that might completely transform the healthcare sector. This chapter highlights the various applications of the metaverse in health sector domains.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Metaverse for the Healthcare Industry
Editors	Chiranji Lal Chowdhary
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer Nature Switzerland
Pages	1-16
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-60072-2 978-3-031-60073-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60073-9_1
Publication status	Published - 29 Jun 2024

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