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On February 10, Microsoft embarked on an extraordinary adventure: to conduct 12 surgical operations in augmented reality<\/a> during 24 hours. For this, they used HoloLens 2 headsets. The operations took place in the Avicennes AP-HP Hospital in Bobigny, near Paris, France.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p> Its was an event in an event: on February 9-10, Microsoft organized a 24-hour live<\/a> on healthcare and augmented reality. The American company has set itself a challenge: to conduct 12 surgical operations<\/strong> in augmented reality, with several doctors, during 24h.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p> In parallel with this holographic operations, Microsoft offered a rich conference programme. 70 international speakers (surgeons, doctors, VR\/AR experts) took part in 15 roundtables and 20 live interviews. The online event gathered 15,000+ spectators<\/strong> behind their screen. Visitors and in guests came from 130 countries from all over the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p> During the 12 holographic surgical operations, doctors from all over the world<\/strong> took turns. For each operation, several surgeons remotely supported the surgeon operating in France, Morocco, India, Belgium… One of the operations gathered Franch, South-African, Brazilian and Belgian surgeons. HoloLens 2 augmented reality headsets facilitated their collaboration. Doctors were able to give their advice thanks to holograms accessible in real-time giving information about the patient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p> This world premiere was managed by a French doctor<\/strong>, Dr Thomas Grégory, Head of the orthopaedic and traumatological surgery department at Avicenne hospital. He had already made a name for himself in this field, having completed the world’s first augmented reality operation<\/a> in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n70 healthcare and VR\/AR professionals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
A worldwide premiere and a global event<\/h2>\n\n\n\n