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Jeff Parsons

Apple Vision Pro just used for performing spinal surgery — here's how

EXeX and Cromwell Hospital pioneer the First Use of Apple Vision Pro in UK Surgery.

If you thought the Apple Vision Pro was just useful for immersive movie watching and extending your MacBook display, think again. A team of surgeons in the U.K. just used Apple’s $3,500 headset to assist with actual spinal surgery. Yes, really.

Now, before we get ahead of ourselves — I don’t mean the actual surgeons themselves had Vision Pro headsets strapped to their faces during the procedure. Instead, it was worn by an assisting surgical scrub nurse who used the device to access “surgical setup and the procedural guides from within the sterile field of the operating theatre.” 

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