$20 cardboard toy saves baby’s life
Doctors at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami used the device to map out an operation they say they couldn’t have envisioned otherwise.
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“It was mind-blowing,” says Cassidy Lexcen, the baby’s mother. “To see this little cardboard box and a phone, and to think this is what saved our daughter’s life.”
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“It was mind-blowing,” says Cassidy Lexcen, the baby’s mother. “To see this little cardboard box and a phone, and to think this is what saved our daughter’s life.”
Google Cardboard is a virtual reality and augmented reality platform developed by Google for use with a head mount for smart phone. Just get a simple cardboard holder you wear like goggles and an app for Android or iOS and you can view cool 3d virtual realities.
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It look alot like the VR goggles, no?
Kudos! to those doctors at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami!
Hope VR and human biotics develop much faster!
This almost seems like a joke, but it is awesome that such a simple design can make such an impact. We need to look for simplification more often!
I can’t wait for more affordable VR. We’ll see what Sony will bring to the table.
Kudos! to those doctors at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami!
Hope VR and human biotics develop much faster!