1. Brian Moynihan MBA | MSIS | MA
XR + Healthcare
Brian Moynihan MBA | MSIS | MA
Head, Health Technology & Informatics
Lynn Eades MLS
Health Technology Librarian
University Libraries - Health Sciences Library University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2. Applicable Technologies
Virtual Reality – Primarily Virtual Experience
Room-scale VR: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Playstation VR Standalone headsets: Oculus Go, Mirage Solo, (Vive Focus)
Phone-based VR – Google Cardboard, Gear VR
Augmented Reality – Virtual objects on top of real world
Vuzix Smartglasses, Epson Moverio – heads-up display
Software for existing devices: ARKit, ARCore, Snapchat, Sumerian
(Example: Pokemon Go)
Mixed Reality – Mixing virtual component with real objects and people
Microsoft Hololens/Meta/Magic Leap – Virtual objects in 3D space
Complementary Technologies
3D printing/Making – moving from bits to atoms and back
360-degree video cameras; Motion Capture
Markers on paper, T-shirt, Merge Cube, Trackers
Biometrics –heart rate, HRV, EEG, respiration, EDA, gaze, steps, etc.

3. XR Spectrum - variations
Virtual reality – high end/medium/low end
Augmented reality – marker-based, stickers, detecting planes/faces, phone or heads-up displays
Mixed reality – VR + video pass-through, full mapping of physical space
Tethered to external computer, headset + device, headset alone
Inside out tracking vs. outside in
Tracking head rotation only (3DoF) vs. tracking position in space (6DoF)
No controller, 3DOF controller, 6DOF controller

4. A Range of Applications
From phone to dome smartphone, headset, room, dome
From high end to low end
From creation to consumption
From bits to atoms (and back again) making real objects virtual and virtual objects real, by linking to Maker initiatives
Ties to every discipline at UNC
Fine Arts & Humanities – Music, Dramatic Art, Classics, Religious Studies, Foreign Languages, Philosophy
Social Sciences – Anthropology, Area Studies, Archeology, City & Regional Planning, Geography, History, Economics, Political Science, Sociology
Natural Sciences – Chemistry, Physics, Math, Biology, Geology
Health Sciences – Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Public Health, Exercise Science, Social Work, Health Informatics, Biomedical Engineering
Technology – Computer Science, Information Science
Beyond: Education, Media & Journalism, Business, Government, Social work, Libraries, Morehead Planetarium
Applications in Education / Research / Entrepreneurship / Training / Clinical Care

5. XR at UNC Interest Group for everyone: http://arvr.web.unc.edu/
Click button on site to join group
Listserv, events
CARVR student group
Developing real-world projects
XR Faculty Learning Community
Monthly meetings focused on XR in the classroom and faculty research
VR at UNC Libraries
HTC Vive, workshops
HSL: consultations, presentations, demos, eye tracking projects
Wonda VR – Do-It-Yourself approach.
Contact to access campus license.

6. Varied uses of XR in Healthcare
Psychology – relaxation (meditation), facing trauma (PTSD, fear of heights, flying, snakes, etc.), anxiety (public speaking, revealing HIV status), smoking cessation, eating disorders, autism (social cognition)
Inpatient use - pain management, overcoming loneliness and depression, motivating movement, patient education
Education – going impossible places (blood stream, molecular bonding, anatomy, etc.), empathy, telestration
Physical training – athletics, fitness, physical rehabilitation, mental preparation
Professional training – surgical planning and practice, practicing CPR and Heimlich maneuver, radiology, teaching soft skills, how to use devices, inventory mangement
Rehabilitation - stroke, vision disorders, attention, balance, memory

7. Example: Surgical Uses of Augmented Reality
Surgical preparation
Telepresence – conferring with surgeons around the world during surgery. 3D models of distant specialists, heads-up displays
Telestration – remote guidance by specialist for distant provider including inexpensive addition of gesture, pointing, drawing for remote
Display of scans (CT, PET, MRI, FRMI, DTI) on live patient
Used in collarbone surgery to see rotation, spinal surgery, plastic surgery

8. Examples of ARVR Healthcare Projects at UNC
Augmented reality scavenger hunt – UNC Children’s Hospital
VR for pain management – UNC Burn Center
Immersive tour of Pediatric surgery for kids - Pediatric Anesthesiology
VR study on stress for mothers facing addiction - Psychiatry
An immersive oral history of death and dying – Health & Humanities
Augmented reality surgery application – Pediatric Surgery + CS
Studies on gait, balance, and falls – Biomedical Engineering
Mapping the mouse’s brain in VR – Neuroscience
Virtual patient – Pharmacy Simulation Lab

9. Contact moynihan@med.unc.edu | beades@med.unc.edu arvr@unc.edu