How healthcare industry can be a part of the Metaverse?
Metaverse, the talk of the month after Facebook’s owner announced last October the plan for a huge transformation project called meta. The term comes to mind again. It’s been a while since this technology was invented. A highly awaited technology to run a lot of things in our lives. It’s important to define Metaverse, the term composed of two parts (Universe and Meta). The term refers to virtual spaces using virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality. Metaverse mainly combined virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) to establish the digital space. Facebook defines the Metaverse as “a set of virtual spaces where you can create and explore with other people who aren’t in the same physical space as you. Metaverse applications are unlimited for instant education, social communication, health care, and entertainment.
In this article, we will focus on the utilization of Metaverse in the health care setting. For the sure Covid-19 era, one of the most factors increases the demand for virtual reality-based care. Millions of patients’ appointments were suspended, making a high impact on the quality of health care. some hospitals serve virtual clinics to their patients, but there were many limitations to reaching the targeted level of quality, which the promised technology would overcome.
So how healthcare wearable devices be a part of the Metaverse?
We have used healthcare wearable devices for physical activity, fitness, and health conditions. Wearable devices have a big chance to be implemented in Metaverse activity, and many situations can be useful as follows:
We can use healthcare wearable devices with heart rate detection as vital signs screening before the ordinary clinic visit as part of a virtual clinic. Another example is wearable devices that can be promoted to replace the current practice in cardiovascular centers where the patient needs to handle a device to monitor blood pressure over 24 hours, and pre-and post-physical visit is needed.
Based on the vital sign, we can do a mood assessment, so the psychologist can understand your mood even in the “virtual way”.
We may build it into a wearable device. The good thing is Bio Union is already on the path and not just an ECG device.
Bio Union also offers unique and temperature-controlling wearable devices. As cooling or heating garment. High-efficiency solutions with patent design. Those wearable devices are light, comfortable, and affordable. The device has a smart temperature control system, and the temperature can change by itself based on the environment in the Metaverse. Of course, it can be used for many purposes, for example, outdoor activities, cool-down treatment, outdoor workers, etc.
Author: Yahya Laghbi & Jacky Ho
