Virtual Environment for Surgical Room of the Future.

The goal of this project was to create a unique multimodal virtual design environment that can be used to reconceptualize current surgical environments and to anticipate changes in these environments necessitated by ongoing technological progress in surgical treatment and training. The project will serve the dual needs of both civilian and military health care by developing a design for an operating room of the future, as conceived within the context of an adaptive vision of the hospital of the future. Innovate new medical technologies currently being developed to meet military needs will be incorporated in these designs. Ultimately, a prototype of a new surgical room design is proposed to be placed at the Massachusetts General Hospital for demonstration, testing, and evaluation.