Metaverse Health

The University of Arkansas have their hospital well underway in Second Life.

Dubbed ‘Razorback Hospital’, it’s purpose isn’t clinical in nature, more a prototype of how technologies like motion sensors and RFID can assist the functioning of a hospital. It’s all about health logistics.

The goals of the project are:

1. Explore the future of Healthcare Information Technology (and other applications)
2. Explore ubiquitous computing – Internet of Things – Everything is Alive – the Matrix
3. Explore modeling and simulation
4. Explore smart objects
5. Explore how to represent business processes (workflow, plans)
6. Explore software architectures – system of systems
7. Explore connecting a virtual world to the real world (cross world correspondences)
8. Explore new ways to teach and collaborate

For all the details, check the project website.

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