{"id":698,"date":"2018-05-09T17:36:25","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T21:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-ca\/industry\/blog\/industry\/2018\/05\/09\/trends-driving-change-in-mixed-reality-for-healthcare\/"},"modified":"2018-05-09T17:36:25","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T21:36:25","slug":"trends-driving-change-in-mixed-reality-for-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-ca\/industry\/blog\/health\/2018\/05\/09\/trends-driving-change-in-mixed-reality-for-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"Trends Driving Change in Mixed Reality for Healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mixed reality continues to be a disruptive force in healthcare with examples ranging from the abolishment of cadavers in medical student training to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) immersion therapy for patients and pre-operative visualization of brain tumors overlaid with diagnostics.<\/p>\n

Looking forward, what will be some of the most important areas of growth, evolution and innovation for Mixed Reality in healthcare? Where will be the areas to invest energy and resources to take advantage of these technology growth areas? Here are 4 areas that I think will lead shifts in the way we create change with mixed realities.<\/p>\n

Trend #1: Augmented Reality + Virtual Reality<\/strong><\/p>\n

Battles will fade as people embrace the entire spectrum of realities. These technologies do not need to be mutually exclusive because they can be complementary since one size fits all is rarely the case. This also means scenarios will bridge across form factors, igniting experiences and collaboration on platforms vs hardware alone. Some things we may expect to see:<\/p>\n