VR and AR

Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR)

Augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) are different forms of Reality Technology that have the ability to immerse the user partly or completely in a simulated environment. AR has become well known in the Netherlands mainly through the dinos action of Albert Heijn and the Pokémon-GO app. You will still see the people and objects around you, but extra information will be added. At VR we try to create a new, virtual reality. By wearing special glasses, it seems as if you are in another world, where you can look around.

There is also mixed reality (MR), which is somewhere between AR and VR. You don’t get a complete VR environment, but an interplay between digital objects and physical ones. Such technology offers great opportunities for healthcare. For example, it can help surgeons remotely control surgical robots, it can help in education and training to gain more lifelike, practical experience, and it helps patients in the treatment of physical complaints. In mental health, VR has already been used to help patients overcome their worst fears through exposure therapy.

There are also holograms. For example, doctors can use holographic projections, or 3D images of body parts, to explain to patients. Surgery can even be performed virtually on the hologram, after which a robot performs the actual operation. For example, a home care worker can also provide home care while he is not physically present with the client. Screen care new style!