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  2. Augmented reality - Wikipedia

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    Augmented reality (AR) is an interactive experience that combines the real world and computer-generated 3D content. The content can span multiple sensory modalities, including visual, auditory, haptic, somatosensory and olfactory. [ 1 ] AR can be defined as a system that incorporates three basic features: a combination of real and virtual ...

  3. The Role of Augmented Reality in Medicine - WebMD

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    The augmented reality technology included a headset with a display the doctors could see through to the person. It allowed them to project images from X-rays or CT scans, for example, onto the ...

  4. Extended reality - Wikipedia

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    Extended reality (XR) is an umbrella term to refer to augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR). The technology is intended to combine or mirror the physical world with a "digital twin world" able to interact with it, [1] [2] giving users an immersive experience by being in a virtual or augmented environment.

  5. Virtual Reality: How Is It Used in Medicine? - WebMD

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    Therapeutic virtual reality (VR), the use of the immersive, computer-generated technology in medicine, is on the fast track to widespread use. In some hospitals and clinics, your doctor can ...

  6. WebAR - Wikipedia

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    WebAR. WebAR, previously known as the Augmented Web, is a web technology that allows for augmented reality functionality within a web browser. It is a combination of HTML, Web Audio, WebGL, and WebRTC. [1] From 2020s more known as web-based Augmented Reality or WebAR, which is about the use of augmented reality elements in browsers.

  7. Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy: What to Know - WebMD

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    Virtual reality exposure therapy, also known as VRET, is an emerging technology aimed at improving anxiety disorder symptoms. Learn more about how it works and if it could help you.

  8. Virtual reality applications - Wikipedia

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    Virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) is a form of exposure therapy for treating anxiety disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and phobias. Studies have indicated that combining VRET with behavioral therapy, patients experience a reduction of symptoms. [18][19] In some cases, patients no longer met the DSM-V criteria for PTSD.

  9. Microsoft HoloLens - Wikipedia

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    Website. Official website. Microsoft HoloLens is an augmented reality (AR) / mixed reality (MR) headset developed and manufactured by Microsoft. HoloLens runs the Windows Mixed Reality platform under the Windows 10 operating system. Some of the positional tracking technology used in HoloLens can trace its lineage to the Microsoft Kinect, an ...