Virtual hospital or immersive story waiting to happen?

by justingibbs on August 13, 2008

IBM has built an entire virtual hospital in Second Life to demonstrate how the company’s health care solutions can modernize health care. It’s a great example of what can be done in virtual worlds, but more than that it’s an example of what can be done with AI technology.

The Emergency Room: Avatars can chose to experience a virtual emergency by “touching” a specially scripted control. This engages a medical episode and a ride on a fast gurney directly into the private and secure emergency treatment area, where a special screen is programmed to reveal the full incorporation of the PHR to ensure proper treatment.

A trip to a virtual emergency room sounds rather fun actually. If this isn’t immersive story, how difficult would it be to tweak it to be?

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