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Dr. Meta is a metaverse technology-based digital platform for cancer care developed to educate health professionals and provide good-quality healthcare services to patients more effectively by overcoming physical constraints and enhancing immersive experience. This multidomain metaverse cancer care digital platform consists of four sub-platforms: (1) Metaverse Multidisciplinary Conference, (2) Metaverse Educational Center, (3) Metaverse Cam**, and (4) VR Healing Theater. This chapter presents usability tests of each sub-platform conducted at the National Cancer Center Korea and 12 regional cancer centers from July to December 2022. More than half of the participants responded that using each sub-platform was satisfying and wanted to keep using our sub-platform in the future. Furthermore, the potential of Dr. Meta for successful cancer care, improvements in this platform, and future developments are discussed.
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We thank Ajou University Hospital, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Chungnam National University Hospital, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jeju National University Hospital, Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Kangwon National University Hospital, Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital, Pusan National University Hospital, and Ulsan University Hospital for their collaboration in develo** Dr. Meta and conducting the usability tests. This research was supported by grants from the Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea (D0245-21-1003) and the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Korea (NCC-2261080-1).
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Kim, S., Jung, T., Sohn, D.K., Chang, Y.J. (2024). Enhancing Cancer Care Services with the Multidomain Metaverse Cancer Care Digital Platform. In: tom Dieck, M.C., Jung, T., Kim, YS. (eds) XR and Metaverse. XR 2023. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50559-1_21
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