The virtual reality challenges in the health care area

• DOI: 10.1145/1363686.1363993
• Publication Date: 2008-04-29T13:04:11Z
• Authors: Fátima L. S. Nunes; Rosa M. E. M. Costa
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; 3. Good health

This paper presents a general view of computational applications in the health area, highlighting use Virtual Reality technology resources Brazil and other countries. From this initial survey, suggestions for improvements area were presented along with relevant research needed to make these overcome current obstacles.