Development of metaverse for intelligent healthcare

The metaverse integrates physical and virtual realities, enabling humans and their avatars to interact in an environment supported by technologies such as high-speed internet, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed and extended reality, blockchain, digital twins and artificial intelligence (AI), all enriched by effectively unlimited data. The metaverse recently emerged as social media and entertainment platforms, but extension to healthcare could have a profound impact on clinical practice and human health. As a group of academic, industrial, clinical and regulatory researchers, we identify unique opportunities for metaverse approaches in the healthcare domain. A metaverse of 'medical technology and AI'…

• UD
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• SM
  Siemens Medical Solutions USA
• NI
  National Institutes of Health

  Awards: R37CA214639, R01CA227289, R01CA237267, R01EB032716, R01CA237269, R01HL151561, R01CA233888, R01EB026646
• NI
  National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

  Award: R01EB032716