Hologram Industry News

Nextspace, a graphical communication company in New Zealand, has joined a European research consortium that plans to take medical training “to the next level” by letting surgical teams practice operations on holograms. Accroding to Chief executive Roy Davies training would take place in “mixed reality operating theatres where everything was real except the patient”.
“They look ghostly, because they are made up of light, but it does look like a thing hovering over the table.” Surgeons would be equipped with “virtual reality” gloves that would give them the sensation of touching the patient as they operated.
Surgeons, anaesthetists and nurses could all be involved in the virtual operation, increasing the sense of credibility.
Nextspace formed with the assistance of the Government in January with the aim of creating a $1 billion industry by finding commercial applications for 3D technology developed by New Zealand-founded company Right Hemisphere. It is owned by a nonprofit trust.
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