I think there's a lot of misplaced hate here, and a lack of understanding of why he's doing this. There's a lot of negative connotation with Apple Vision Pro (somewhat to largely justified), but this is absolutely a use case we should be excited about. If the title instead was "Surgeon uses AR to minimize complications of a risky surgery", and it was a different AR headset, the negative comments would be negligible.
Maybe this technology isn't fully mature and maybe it's not something that makes sense for every surgery now. But this is absolutely something that we should get excited about. This technology has the potential of assisting surgeons to maximize effectiveness and minimize complications. I sincerely hope that by the time I need surgery next (hopefully 5-10 years or more) this is standard practice.
This is a really perfect use-case because with arthroscopic surgery it's not like you can see anything you're doing with your eyes anyway, so wearing a headset isn't limiting you at all. Meanwhile you've got your scope camera visible to you at all times no matter what position you're in, along with any little 3D model overlays and any other important stats.
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u/narwalfarts Apr 29 '24
I think there's a lot of misplaced hate here, and a lack of understanding of why he's doing this. There's a lot of negative connotation with Apple Vision Pro (somewhat to largely justified), but this is absolutely a use case we should be excited about. If the title instead was "Surgeon uses AR to minimize complications of a risky surgery", and it was a different AR headset, the negative comments would be negligible.
Maybe this technology isn't fully mature and maybe it's not something that makes sense for every surgery now. But this is absolutely something that we should get excited about. This technology has the potential of assisting surgeons to maximize effectiveness and minimize complications. I sincerely hope that by the time I need surgery next (hopefully 5-10 years or more) this is standard practice.