Emerging Trends - Virtual Reality in Canadian Healthcare

In the past five years, Virtual and Augmented Reality have gone from a fringe enthusiast activity to something that is embedded in every modern smartphone and computing platform.  The growth potential for the VR/AR market is incredible, with predictions of a seven fold increase in global market size between 2020 and 2027.

Sure, VR/AR might give us great video gaming experiences, but how will VR change the delivery of healthcare in Canada? 

Find out how VR/AR is shaping the delivery of healthcare in Canada from Arjun Puri, Chief Technical Officer for Luxsonic, a Saskatoon based technology startup that is focusing on the development of immersive medical VR experiences.

In this session we will learn from an industry leader how VR will change the delivery of health care, how it will change the way we train clinicians, and how it will change how care teams interact.  As a bonus we'll explore immersive technologies being developed today to support our astronauts in space!