Advances in virtual reality technology and its application and prospects in medicine / 中华胸心血管外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Virtual reality(VR)technology is known as immersive multimedia or computer-simulated reality.It is a three-dimensional environment, which highly replicated the real world or imaginary environment.In this virtual environment, users can experience everything inside and interact with them,including sensing surroundings,manipulating objects and communica-ting with characters.Nowadays,VR technology is winning favor in more and more fields.This review will conclude the applica-tion and development of VR technology in medicine, which may help readers understand this new technology better.