Prithi Samuel, PhD – Associate Professor, Department of Computational Intelligence, School of Computing, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
A. Sathya, PhD – Associate Professor, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics, Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Tamil Nadu, India
Balamurugan Balusamy, PhD – Professor and Chairperson, School of Engineering and IT, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Dubai
Chithirai Pon Selvan, PhD – Professor, School of Science and Engineering, Curtin University Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Series: Computer Science, Technology and Applications
BISAC: COM057000; BUS070170; TEC000000
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/NXRX0883

This book demonstrates how Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Mixed Reality (MR) are having a transformational effect on industry and includes information on technology that is changing the future and revolutionizing different sectors. AR, VR, and MR are utilized in healthcare, including surgery, rehabilitation and personalized treatments. The primary goal of this book is to improve not only the immersive experience of patients, but to improve medical results and medicine overall. It also proposes critical insights into the difficulties and completion of the use of virtual reality in the medical territory, including ethical, privacy, and regulation themes.

The first part of the book reveals the full potential of virtual reality and links into the extensive description of the basic principles by which they work in the healthcare sector. The sections on advances in medical education through immersive simulations, being a major driver to both remote surgical procedures and telemedicine consultations, are detailed discussions of the potential impacts of these technologies in healthcare. The readers are facilitated on an educative path which is inclusive of, and exclusive in, touchstones of AR, VR, and MR. Through these lenses, users will have the opportunity to enrich techniques in formal education and interact with digital activities while not limited by physical reality.

Spanning eighteen chapters, the book is aimed at medical staff as well as information technology professionals and policymakers as it contains opinions from medical practitioners, engineers, and other people developing technologies. Thanks to its interdisciplinary approach and futuristic views, the book is an excellent source of information for people that would like to get a comprehension of the transformative power of AR, VR, and MR technologies in the future.