access icon openaccess Editorial: Challenges for the usability of AR and VR for clinical neurosurgical procedures

There are a number of challenges that must be faced when trying to develop AR and VR-based Neurosurgical simulators, Surgical Navigation Platforms, and “Smart OR” systems. Trying to simulate an operating room environment and surgical tasks in Augmented and Virtual Reality is a challenge many are attempting to solve, in order to train surgeons or help them operate. What are some of the needs of the surgeon, and what are the challenges encountered (human computer interface, perception, workflow, etc). We discuss these tradeoffs and conclude with critical remarks.

Inspec keywords: augmented reality; neurophysiology; surgery; medical computing; human computer interaction; virtual reality

Other keywords: augmented reality; workflow; usability; clinical neurosurgical procedures; perception; neurosurgical simulators; VR; virtual reality; operating room environment; Surgical Navigation 10 Platforms; AR; surgical tasks; Smart OR systems; human computer interface

Subjects: Virtual reality; Interactive-input devices; User interfaces; Biology and medical computing; Patient care and treatment; Patient care and treatment

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