Interactive Augmented Live Virtual Reality Streaming: A Health Care Application

Virtual Reality (VR) technology has been around for decades; however, we have probably only begun to realize the practical applications until recent years. With increase of computing power, decrease of cost and physical dimension, a new class of consumer grade VR devices such as Oculus Rift and HTC Vive have made adopting VR technology more affordable and feasible than ever before. In addition, Augmented and Mixed Reality (AR/MR) devices such as HoloLens and Magic Leap have opened up possibilities for even more applications. Health care is one area where much resources are dedicated to research and development of potential VR/AR/MR applications for many years. We propose an interactive system of live 360-degree video streaming to VR devices with the capability to augment the experience with virtual content, to be used in a telemedicine setting.