Smith+Nephew introduces smart glasses into the OR to enable remote technical support

Tiger commentary - This is the wrong application for smart glasses, but at least S+N is trying.
The winning application in the future will be smart glasses with AR. The surgeon should be able to access important real-time information while looking into the surgery site - x-ray vision into bone locations, drilling trajectory and depth, instrument planes, etc.

Smith+Nephew introduces smart glasses into the operating room to enable remote technical support for UK surgeons during procedures (press release)
Smith+Nephew (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN), the global medical technology company, today announces...


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