Department of Health,Kaohsiung City Government

First Medical VR/AR Conference in Kaohsiung

First Medical VR/AR Conference in Kaohsiung

Posted on: 2017-11-03  Posted by: Planning Office
2017 Medical VR/AR Conference takes place on October 29th in Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, which is the pioneer of medical VR/AR applications in Kaohsiung. Kaohsiung City's Department of Health together with Kaohsiung City's Economic Development Bureau, Taiwan Society for Simulation in Healthcare, Kaohsiung Medical University, Institute for Information Industry, and Metal Industries Research and Development Centre organize this conference which connects medical VR/AR enterprises to present the integration of medical education and advanced multi-media technology on the topic of "Medical Education in the Next Generation".

In the Industry 4.0 era, information and communication technology incredibly evolves, dramatically changes our lives and works, and even influences medical practices. Multimedia VR/AR/MR technology has also been applied to medical education. According to Digi Capital's prediction, the market size of VR/AR will go up to 150 billion USD in 2020. VR/AR economy has been entrenched in all walks of life and applied to new products and services in industries. Medical and healthcare service will claim 15% of the global VR software market in 2025. Furthermore, medicine is the most prioritized investment target among the five major investment targets in the global VR market from 2015 to 2016. Hence it is promising and important that innovative medical products and services will lead the industry transformation.

In the conference, leaders of VR/AR technology share cases and deliver speeches to the audience. Moreover, many smart-healthcare application companies offer chances for participants to experience their high-tech products and services including virtual clinical diagnosis training where a virtual patient can interact with the user, virtual reality anatomy training, and respiratory simulation for respiratory care training. In the spectacular conference, you can experience how the innovative technology enhances the healthcare quality to a whole new level.
Last updated on:2018-11-29 14:36:07.000