HoloLens, Mixed Reality Design and Development - Medical MR

Join us at the HoloLens and MR Meetup for an exploration into how Mixed Reality can change the face of medical technology!

Agenda:

6:30 PM
Doors Open

7:00 PM - Authentic Human Holograms for Mixed Reality - Speaker: Jason Waskey, Principal Creative Director, Microsoft.

Microsoft’s journey in volumetric capture started almost a decade ago in Redmond, Washington, as a part of an incubation group within Microsoft Research. After shipping holograms of humans with the world’s first standalone HoloLens in 2016, the Mixed Reality Capture Studios team turned to empowering others to capture volumetric experiences for as many platforms as possible, including as a fee-for-service business in San Francisco and licensing technology to partners around the globe. In the here and now, medical training comes alive when using holographic captures to offer standardized training to doctors and nurses for diagnostics. In the future, live broadcast of holograms promises to unlock multiple telemedicine scenarios.

7:20 PM - Augmented Reality in Radiology: Current Evidence and Future Directions - Speaker: Jesse Courtier

In this brief talk, the need for improved methods of 3D visualization in medical imaging for educational, training, and planning purposes will be discussed. Current evidence for these applications will be reviewed, with case examples from the literature and the speaker's own institution; finally, direction of needed future investigations will also be made.

7:50 PM - Augmented Reality for Visually Impaired People: Exploring the HoloLens as an Assistive Device - Speaker: Dylan Fox

Many of the 36 million blind people worldwide face serious challenges navigating environments designed with sighted people in mind - for example, identifying bus stops. We explore how the HoloLens’ environmental mapping and machine vision capabilities can help them solve these problems and improve their independence.

8:30 PM
Doors close

Bios:

Jason Waskey is a Principal Creative Director at Microsoft, where he has worked for over twenty years. He has worked in Mixed Reality development for the last eleven: first with Microsoft Research, and then as member of the original HoloLens program. Jason has been a part of Microsoft’s volumetric video effort since its inception 2010. Prior to working on innovation projects at MSR, Jason was the studio art director for ACES Games Studio which developed the multiple award-winning Flight Simulator, Combat Flight Simulator, and Train Simulator franchises.

Jesse Courtier, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology; Co-Director, UCSF Center for Advanced 3D Imaging; Co-Founder of Sira Medical. University Division: Department of Radiology, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital

Jesse Courtier, MD, is an Associate Professor of Pediatric Radiology at the University of California, San Francisco and is a multi-award winning medical educator. He currently serves as the Diagnostic Radiology Residency Site Director of Training for the Mission Bay Hospital and Co-Director of the UCSF Center for Advanced 3D Imaging. He has authored more than 55 peer reviewed publications, and is a recognized expert and innovator in Augmented Reality applications within Diagnostic Radiology. He is a two-time UCSF Catalyst Award winner in Digital Health for his development of the Augmented Reality application "Radha". " He is co-founder of Sira Medical, a company developing Augmented Reality software applications for surgical planning, training, and education.

Dylan Fox, Lead UX Designer, Berkeley School of Information Extended Reality at Berkeley

Dylan is a UX designer focused on emerging technologies. He just finished his master’s degree at Berkeley’s School of Information, focused on immersive design and the sociology of technology, and is currently seeking new opportunities to practice empowering design.
https://drfoxdesign.com