Healthcare in Metaverse: A Survey on Current Metaverse Applications in Healthcare

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed several limitations of existing healthcare systems. Thus, there is a surge in healthcare innovation and new business models using computer-mediated virtual environments to provide an alternative healthcare system. Today, digital transformation is not limited to virtual communication alone but encompasses digitalizing the network of social connections in the healthcare industry using metaverse technology. The metaverse is a universal and immersive virtual world facilitated by virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). This paper presents the first effort to offer a comprehensive survey that examines the latest metaverse developments in the healthcare industry, which…

• NR
  National Research Foundation

  Award: SRG-ISTD-2021-165
• NR
  National Research Foundation Singapore
• SU
  Singapore University of Technology and Design

  Awards: SUTD-ZJU (SD) 202101, SUTD SRG-ISTD-2021-165, SUTD-ZJU (VP) 202102, SRG-ISTD-2021-165
• IM
  Info-communications Media Development Authority
• AO
  Association of Southeast Asian Nations

  Award: CRD/2020/000369