Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality World | 拡張現実と仮想現実の世界

A new telepresence system for Google Glass has allowed two surgeons to cooperate during an operation as if they were both in the room.

A surgical team at the University of Alabama has performed the world’s first surgery using an augmented reality system called VIPAAR that works with Google Glass. VIPAAR, which stands for Virtual Interactive Presence in Augmented Reality (don’t ask where the extra A comes from), is a technology developed locally at the university and could be an important step forward in the development of tele-presence medicine. University of Alabama orthopedic surgeon Brent Ponce, M.D., performed a shoulder replacement surgery in september and received help via VIPAAR from Phani Dantuluri, M.D., from his office in Atlanta.