Thumbay to Launch Metaverse Medical University and Hospital
- Publish date: Wednesday، 20 July 2022
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The first such project in the region by Thumbay Hospital plans to set up digital facilities in education, healthcare and fitness. within two years to allow customers access services in the metaverse.
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Users will be able to create their digital avatars, customise them and get services in 25 languages.
Patients and their avatars can get tele-consultation, have multiple doctors’ opinions, interact with customer service avatars ‘dressed’ in local attire speaking several languages and get first-aid and preventive health programmes using AR/VR and AI programmes.
Avatars of patients at the hospital can move to the Marhaba lounge, where they will be briefed about the healthcare services on offer. They will have the provision to view the services offered and its details. A ten-minute interaction session with a doctor from a specific department will be made available for the user, in which they could also schedule a hospital visit
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Virtual medical university
The Gulf Medical University and its labs will go in the metaverse, giving students the ability to learn in the virtual world, create their avatars, interact with the teaching faculty and other students, and practice skills on virtual patients and in simulated 3D Labs with gamification techniques.
Students can create a base avatar. They can then customise it by changing the hair colour and skin tone.
The receptionist avatar at the university would greet the students in their native language. The platform will have the ability to auto-identify the language of the students.
They can enter the admission office, where they can have a 10-minute interaction with the counsellor.
Virtual wellness studio for real-life fitness
The Body and Soul Wellness Studio will enable Avatars to select different sceneries to get motivated for doing their regular exercises.
The virtual fitness studio will be equipped with various exercise routines that users can select. A full body analysis will help the user to select appropriate exercise routines.