Show Notes
You’ve probably seen the viral headlines. We’re talking real surgeries on real patients happening right now with Apple Vision Pro, not a demo or a concept.
In this episode of Spatial Insider, I sit down with the team behind ScopeXR, the app making this possible: Dr. Eric Rosenberg, Chief Medical Officer and corneal cataract surgeon; Michael Simmons, ScopeXR CEO, veteran developer, and creator of Fantastical and Cardhop; and Justin Kent, Founding Engineer at ScopeXR, a veteran iOS developer who’s been building apps since before it was even called iOS and has shipped more than 40 apps to the App Store.
We cover the full story. How they met and started ScopeXR. What ScopeXR actually does inside the Operating Room and why it matters. How the Apple Vision Pro's gesture based interface keeps the surgical field sterile. Why surgeons can now bring in mentors, residents, and consultants from anywhere in the world in real time. How the wired and wireless feed works and why patient safety drove every technical decision. And why this is a use case for Apple Vision Pro that simply cannot be replicated on any other device.
Eric also walks us through the full OR experience from scrubbing in to operating, and explains why having all patient data, surgical feeds, and consultation tools in one headset changes everything about how eye surgery is performed.
This is just the beginning of spatial computing in healthcare. More to come.
Learn more about ScopeXR: https://scopexr.com Get in touch with the ScopeXR team: [email protected]
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