Immersion in the metaverse is not limited to virtual and augmented reality technologies. The central technology or a whole set of technologies is telepresence.
Telepresence allows you to control robots remotely to travel to hard-to-reach places and complete complex tasks. So, for example, one technology startup decided to combine the technologies of the metaverse and medicine.
Endiatx has used telepresence to launch a tiny drone inside the human body. Sounds like the plot of the 1987 movie Inner Space. And this is almost true.
Endiatx CEO Torrey Smith admitted to being inspired by the film and developing similar technology. But from a technical point of view, he was primarily inspired by metaverse technologies. The popularization of this space made it possible to improve telepresence technologies and find new applications for them.
Smith and his team have volunteered to test a device that looks more like a pill. The essence of the work is that the patient swallows this device, and the doctor takes over the management and examination of the organs. Research and testing are currently underway. And if all goes well, Endiatx’s technology will be available in hospitals in 2024.
This can replace the endoscopy procedure, saving time and money. Doctors can currently control the tiny drone with a standard Xbox game controller, but the company plans to make the process easier. In the future, control such a robot using a phone, and in the distant future, the introduction of immersive experience. How this will be done, the company has not yet said.
It is only known that Endiatx plans to supply their development to ordinary pharmacies. The company wants to make a disposable device the size of a grain of rice. People could buy the device from a pharmacy and swallow it like a pill, while a doctor screens and collects tests using a phone and possibly perform surgery.
Torrey Smith concludes that the development of his company allows you to look at the space of the metaverse from a different angle.
