Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality (AR): a technology which layers virtual information over a live camera feed (headset, smartphone or tablet), giving the user the ability to view three-dimensional images. In healthcare AR was already used to help find veins (viewing a virtual real-time image of the underlying vasculature on the surface of the skin) but also in more complex duties, like assisting surgery.

However, for what may concern digital therapeutics, it’s probably more promising its “big sister” Virtual reality