Access Details

Zoom Link UPDATE:

• Use the original one: https://vuw.zoom.us/my/xrhealth

• https://ieeevr.org/2022/attend/zoom-instructions/

• Click "Click here to join the Zoom event" (yellow box)

• Go to the "Lobby"

• Scroll on left menu bar to XR Health Workshop starting at 8am

• Click on "Join" button on left

Slack:

• https://join.slack.com/t/xrhealthhq/shared_invite/zt-15874hn2r-ZGYiQx4EI00rChI6ZceqYA

Proposed Schedule

Sunday 13 March (New Zealand Time):

0800-0815 Introductions and Welcome

0815-0900 Invited Speaker: Professor Deborah Estrin (Cornell Tech)

0900-1000 Lightning talks position papers (3 mins max)

1000-1015 Short Break

1015-1030 Invited Talk: Professor Philippe Archambault (ISVR)

1030-1100 Invited Speaker: James Hayes (Virtual Medical Coaching)

1100-1230 Breakout Sessions, Discussion, and Wrap up

Potential breakout topics:

1. XR for medical training/education tools

2. XR for remote collaboration/assistance

3. Survey/Design requirements for creating XR applications

4. XR tools for enhancing treatment/supporting surgery

5. Important research topics in XR for health

Note to Position Paper Authors: please prepare 3 min max lightning talk. You can either do the talk Live or Pre-record the talk. XR Health Proceedings (~100MB PDF)

Important Dates

• • Paper Submissions: 14 January 2022, 19 January 2022
    (via precision conference)

  • Notifications: 20 January 2022

  • Camera-ready: 27 January 2022
    (for inclusion in IEEE Digital Library)

  • XR Health Workshop (Virtual): Sunday 13 March 2022 (UPDATED)

Organizing Committee

Digital Extended Reality (XR) technologies are increasingly adopted in many domains. Notably, XR technologies are being experimented with in healthcare and wellbeing. To address the growing research in these areas, the XR for Healthcare and Wellbeing Workshop will occur during IEEE VR 2022 (Christchurch, NZ online virtual), focusing on XR (AR/VR/MR) technologies broadly applied to health and wellbeing.

The ubiquitous use of XR devices creates an excellent opportunity to further XR research to help support healthcare professionals and the wellbeing of people. XR has demonstrated many advantages to various healthcare and wellbeing areas; however, more research is required. Therefore, we aim to gather the intersection of researchers working in XR for healthcare and wellbeing from the VR/AR/MR, AI, and HCI communities to come together to share their ideas and discuss possible future grand challenges.

The organizers solicit short paper submissions (up to 4 pages in VGTC conference format submitted via precision conference) with lightning talks at the workshop. Submission types include but are not limited to the introduction of systems developed for healthcare/wellbeing, healthcare/wellbeing application areas where XR has been deployed, or position papers arguing for new grand challenges for XR in healthcare/wellbeing. In addition, there will be break-out sessions to discuss the workshop's topics in more depth. Finally, we will have two invited talks, one from academia and one from industry.

Topics of interest (among others):

• • Addiction Recovery

  • Cancer Pain and Palliative Care

  • Education and Training via Simulation

  • Emergency Medical Care

  • Health Care

  • Medical Imaging (e.g. MRI, CT, PET, XRay)

  • Mental Health (e.g. Depression, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Stress, Anxiety)

  • Nursing and Midwifery

  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders (e.g. Autism, ADHD)

  • Pain Management (e.g. Chronic Pain and Acute Pain)

  • Patient Safety

  • Rehab and Physical Activity

  • Radiation Therapy

  • Surgery (e.g. Cardiac, General, Dental, Orthopaedic)

  • Telehealth

  • Wellbeing