Research Says AR In Medical Set To Rise
ABI research has released a summary article on their research into Medical Augmented Reality, which is predicted to accelerate in growth after 2019. The source post on abiresearch.com says that current medical AR activity comes mainly from first responder trials and initial forays into training and education applications, and that the market will grow through widened telemedicine and surgery use cases. Enhancing the operating room experience and remote surgery viewings and preparations are expected to benefit from expanding AR in the medical sector.
Michael Inouye, Principal Analyst at ABI Research, says that “several key milestones need to be met” before this time. He says that medical education applications expansion is vital, and that significant investment and safety trials will be required in order to use AR in a surgery setting, this could start taking shape as early as 2017.
Pristine, Ubimax and Vuzix are some of the companies that are beginning to work towards the anticipated medical AR demand.