Assessment of Augmented Reality Glasses for Spatial Tracking and Intraoperative Annotation in Veterinary Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Augmented reality (AR) glasses may improve surgical precision by projecting holographic overlays directly onto the surgical field. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of AR technology for enhancing spatial tracking.

Methods

We developed an AR application in Unity compatible with XReal glasses that allowed users to annotate and interact with a realistic 3D hologram of a dog head. Resident and specialist veterinarians were recruited to completed coordinate (distance) and outline (area) annotations under two conditions: (1) transfer: memorizing targets from a computer screen, and (2) direct: seeing the targets directly on the head. Distance errors, area metrics, and completion times were recorded from each participant.

Results

The mean distance error

SUBMITTER: Tipirneni Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12773008 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature