Is Virtual Reality Streaming Ready for Remote Medical Education? Measuring Latency of Stereoscopic VR for Telementoring

Telementoring in healthcare education has been used successfully to teach technical skills and clinical reasoning when in-person instruction is not feasible; however, previous technology for telementoring had limitations such as narrow field-of-view high latency. Novel virtual reality (VR) livestreaming may address issues traditional 2-dimensional (2D) systems by expanding the field of view while streaming with low Low latency video audio necessary smooth communication between a medical specialist remote trainees. If instructor trainees, conversations can be held without noticeable delay, supporting synchronous collaboration. This research reports first test results novel VR system that livestreams stereoscopic headsets. Results showed one-way was less than half second, confirming viability live telementoring.