HoloLens 2 aids healthcare efforts at UK care home, replacing tablets and smart phones

Imagine a world where those in need of medical attending are greeted by someone with the torso of a nurse but the head of a general practitioner (GP). That world's been around for a while via tech such as phones and tablets, but now takes the grade of nurses wearing HoloLens headsets so GPs can see everything going on without having to physically be in the room.

Such is the case at Kendal Care Habitation in Cumbria. Using HoloLens two headsets and the Dynamics 365 Remote Assist app, nurses are able to act as the body, optics, and ears of GPs, while the doctors merely watch everything from backside a monitor in a remote location. This limits the amount of physical exposure the elderly and vulnerable intendance home patients are subjected to, minimizing condom risks brought most by the pandemic. Microsoft has a whole blog post on the subject, equally well as a video.

Of form, aiding in elderly medical assistance is far from the simply thing HoloLens is good for (when information technology works as intended). It's also great for gainsay, as evidenced by the U.Southward. Army's (delayed) IVAS contract. And on top of that, information technology's good for metaverse initiatives, which is why Meta is gobbling up Microsoft'due south HoloLens experts.

HoloLens 2

HoloLens two can assist with loads of things, from medical care for the elderly to hunting downwards enemy combatants in the dark.

$3,500 at Microsoft

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