AR Is Coming to the OR

Augmented reality is entering the operating room.

Venture firm Thrive Capital, founded by Joshua Kushner, has led a $20 million first or Series A round of venture funding in Medivis, a New York-based startup whose software allows medical images, such as those from magnetic resonance imaging and CT scans, to be superimposed on the patient. Surgeons can view the three-dimensional image through any commercially available AR headset, such as Microsoft’s HoloLens 2.