Hasti Seifi

ASU researchers are working on VR glasses that walk users through medical procedures in real time

In a NASA funded project led by Pooyan Fazli, an assistant professor in The GAME School, and Hasti Seifi, an assistant professor in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, part of the Fulton Schools, involves development of augmented reality glasses to enable people to see the details of various medical procedures in real time. The technology could be especially useful to people in rural areas, other remote areas and even in space. Fazli and Seifi are working with ASU’s nursing school to develop the technology through the use of medical manikins. They hope to also collaborate with community health centers and hospitals as their work progresses. They foresee the technology enabling family caregivers and others to help people when professional medical care is not readily accessible.