- For the first virtual tours, the EVA digital assistant was created that shows all the corners of the hospital.
- The San Juan de Dios Hospital in Zaragoza is the first in Spain to venture into the metaverse.
- It is planned that before the end of 2022, virtual care will begin for patients from anywhere in the world.
Technology has completely changed everyday life and innovations are constantly being introduced. One of the most interesting is related to the way of perceiving the world and the form of interaction with others. Its about metaverse and a hospital has already started with the first demonstrations of the future of medical consultations.
In that sense, the health service has seen a transformation during the last half century. Of the traditional care in face-to-face format gave way to telemedicine to care for people in remote areas remotely.
On the other hand, during the last decade they saw an exponential increase in medical consultations online. In this case, all that is needed is for both the doctor and the patient to have a device with a connection to carry out the service remotely.
While now the world is in transition towards the new format to offer medical care to patients. It’s about the metaverse and it plans to be a total revolution in every way.
What is the metaverse?
In its simplest description it is virtual environments where humans interact socially and economically as avatars. They do it through software in cyberspace, which acts as a metaphor for the real world but without its limitations.
In this case, all you need is to have some Augmented Reality lenses to be in “contact” with other people from anywhere in the world. Although it seems like a science fiction idea, it is actually already possible in the conventional world and more and more companies are entering this new world.
The most recent example in metaverse can be seen with the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Zaragoza in Spain. Through an alliance with the technology company Imascono, it developed an interactive virtual health center and the first tours have even begun.
What does it consist of?
Thus, the objective of this project is transform the process of medical care for patients and make them feel more comfortable. Although he first did a demo on how this new model will work.
Before the official launch planned for the end of this 2022, a virtual tour was launched that anyone can access. The only thing to do is consult this link and immediately you can see a gamified and multi-device 3D web environment. It is a virtual representation of the hospital and with the help of a computer you can visit all the corners through a user avatar and with the support of the virtual assistant EVA.
In this instance, what is sought is that everyone can become familiar and then take the next step. At that point, the hospital will fully enter the metaverse to offer remote services for patients from anywhere in the world.