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In a seminal article on augmented reality (AR) [7], Ron Azuma defines AR as a variation of virtual reality (VR), which completely immerses a user inside a synthetic environment. Azuma says “In contrast, AR allows the user to see the real world, with virtual objects superimposed upon or composited with the real world” [7] (emphasis added). Typically, a user wears a tracked stereoscopic head-mounted display (HMD) or holds a smartphone, showing the real world through optical or video means, with superimposed graphics that provide the appearance of virtual content that is related to and registered with the real world. While AR has been around since the 1960s [72], it is experiencing a renaissance of development and consumer interest. With exciting products from Microsoft (HoloLens), Metavision (Meta 2), and others; Apple’s AR Developer’s Kit (ARKit); and well-funded startups like Magic Leap [54], the future is looking even brighter, expecting that AR technologies will be absorbed into our daily lives and have a strong influence on our society in the foreseeable future.
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Augmented Reality: Telehealth Demonstration Application
Augmented Reality (AR) as a technology will improve the way we work and live in the future. The Microsoft HoloLens device allows for rendering of interactive virtual components into a real world space. The HoloLens is an augmented reality headset and can display these virtual components in front of the user’s eyes, so the data needed to complete a real-world task will always be available. The nature of a HoloLens device lends itself useful for applications in a healthcare setting. Potential benefits come from transitioning to a more hands-free environment such as allowing the logging of data while in sterile environments without needing to sterilize repeatedly from touching paper or tablet. This project developed an augmented reality (AR) application to include a care plan tracker established by a patient’s doctor to allow the patient to do daily tasks without a health care worker’s supervision. The application displays the medications that the patient needs to ingest, daily tasks to complete, and health data to record. The application allows the physician to retrieve useful patient information regularly without scheduled physicals. This project sets a baseline that will provide future developers with documentation, research, and this sample application to assist in the design and construction of more complex applications in the future at the University of New Hampshire.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1659377
- PAR ID:
- 10225096
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC ’20)
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 452 to 455
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- Conference Paper:
- https://doi.org/10.1145/3311790.3399629
