A Review on: Metaverse in Health Care and Pharma

Abstract

The metaverse can be seen as the immersive follow-up to the text-and-picturebased Internet of today, where people stare at a screen, ignoring physical reality. The metaverse offers online experiences that are more immersive and engaging than those of the past, a seamless blending of the physical and digital worlds, by taking advantage of modern technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and ever-increasing connection (like 5G networks). The metaverse has the potential to influence healthcare because of the convergence of three current main technical trends. (a) telepresence, (b) digital twinning, and (c) blockchain. These three ideas could be used to provide whole new methods of providing treatment, potentially reducing costs, and significantly improving patient outcomes. Finally, while advancements in digital healthcare are to be commended for facilitating easier access to care for a larger spectrum of people, it is crucial to take into account the ethical issues that they raise.