When I read Tom Coughlins’ thoughts on the metaverse, some of the challenges and opportunities, I can’t but compare this with hospitals operating a hybrid of paper based and electronic healthcare records – and what the metaverse for healthcare would mean. The world has move on – so far. Belated implementation of old fashioned software is not digital transformation – and is not positioning healthcare to move forward and leverage the opportunities presented by the metaverse.
In this discussion Coughlin considers some of the challenges in terms of access, connectivity e.g. if trying to accommodate 5,00 people from multiple devices in a concert type situation.
Clearly, from the bets being made by Meta, Mark Zuckerberg thinks we will solve many of these technical challenges.
Interesting comments also about the car industry – KPMG suggesting that >50% of the cost of electric cars is semiconductors. I have just finished reading ‘Chip War‘ – FT business book of the year. I think it should form part of basic courses in economics, social science, engineering. Amazing to see the role being played by this industry across the globe.
This piece from venturebeat well worth a read for anyone getting over excited about implementing an EHR solution in 2022. If we want to serve a public in the metaverse need to throw out some of the old thinking and reinvent ourselves.
