Google Cardboard 3d Viewer Helped Surgeons Save Baby’s Life
Posted on February 14, 2016 Comments (5)
$20 cardboard toy saves baby’s life
Doctors at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami used the device to map out an operation they say they couldn’t have envisioned otherwise.
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“It was mind-blowing,” says Cassidy Lexcen, the baby’s mother. “To see this little cardboard box and a phone, and to think this is what saved our daughter’s life.”
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“It was mind-blowing,” says Cassidy Lexcen, the baby’s mother. “To see this little cardboard box and a phone, and to think this is what saved our daughter’s life.”
Google Cardboard is a virtual reality and augmented reality platform developed by Google for use with a head mount for smart phone. Just get a simple cardboard holder you wear like goggles and an app for Android or iOS and you can view cool 3d virtual realities.
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Categories: Engineering, Products, Technology
Tags: augmented reality, cool, Engineering, Health Care, innovation, Products, Technology
Categories: Engineering, Products, Technology
Tags: augmented reality, cool, Engineering, Health Care, innovation, Products, Technology
5 Responses to “Google Cardboard 3d Viewer Helped Surgeons Save Baby’s Life”
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February 28th, 2016 @ 8:23 am
It look alot like the VR goggles, no?
March 9th, 2016 @ 5:13 am
Kudos! to those doctors at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami!
Hope VR and human biotics develop much faster!
March 9th, 2016 @ 6:34 pm
This almost seems like a joke, but it is awesome that such a simple design can make such an impact. We need to look for simplification more often!
May 17th, 2016 @ 8:36 am
I can’t wait for more affordable VR. We’ll see what Sony will bring to the table.
June 8th, 2016 @ 5:21 pm
Kudos! to those doctors at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami!
Hope VR and human biotics develop much faster!