A bariatric surgeon just over the Mexican border this month became probably the first to live stream a weight-loss procedure with a 360-degree camera.
Dr. Ariel Ortiz Lagardere, of the Obesity Control Center in Tijuana, Mexico, is enthusiastic about the implications of the ALLie camera for purposes of education, mentorship and communication with colleagues. The off-the-shelf camera, which doesn’t use a battery to operate, runs full 360-degrees by 360-degrees and at 4K resolution and has virtual reality capabilities.
Ortiz said that while attending the 5G Forum at the University of California, San Diego, he was asked by a moderator what his dream technology would be. Ortiz immediately responded, “To stream a surgery in live 360.” The tech experts told him that was not likely to happen within the next three months. Undaunted, Ortiz began to look for a company that could help him, and found a Pompano Beach, Florida-based startup called ALLie.
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