Magic Leap teams with Brainlab, SyncThink, and XRHealth for medical AR

Magic Leap's $2,300 spatial computing platform Magic Leap One may be too expensive for most consumers, but like other early augmented reality devices, enterprise users with bigger pocketbooks are embracing its potential as a business tool. One particularly promising category is health care, where Magic Leap says it's now collaborating with at least five different companies to bring its hardware into labs, clinics, and even hospital operating rooms. On the surgical side, German medical technology company Brainlab is working with Magic Leap on a collaborative 3D spatial viewer for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) content, enabling clinicians to work together when viewing medical images. Brainlab's software could, for example, let a doctor and radiologist talk through multiple brain scans before a surgical procedure, or enable a surgeon to rely on a heads-up display of scanned imagery while performing a procedure. Another brain-focused initiative involves SyncThink, a company that uses eye tracking analytics to help diagnose patients' concussions and balance disorders.