Using a disruption framework to analysis the feasibility of Virtual Reality in medical use

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Sähkötekniikan korkeakoulu | Master's thesis
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2018-02-12

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Communications Engineering

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ELEC3029

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CCIS - Master’s Programme in Computer, Communication and Information Sciences (TS2013)

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en

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48

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Virtual reality (VR) technology is considered as one of the next big things in the Internet eld. This technology can be applied in various elds. This thesis studies the feasibility of using VR technology in the medical eld, especially in the medical therapy area. This thesis also discusses the nature of disruptive innovation. The analysis is based on a literature review of virtual reality and a framework called the disruption framework, which is devastated by an important terminology, disruptive innovation. The study uses trend charts and value networks to predict the feasibility of VR in medical therapy. The result shows that the virtual reality technology can cause a disruption in the medical eld, it will a ect the existing value network into the medical eld.

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Kilkki, Matti Kalevi

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Kilkki, Matti Kalevi

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virtual reality, disruptive innovation, disruption framework, medical field, disruption, medical therapy

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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:aalto-201802231637

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