World's first live VR surgery: How and where to watch landmark virtual reality event / Primo intervento VR dal vivo del mondo: come e dove guardare il punto di riferimento di un evento di realtà virtuale. Segnalato dal Dott. Giuseppe Cotellessa / Reported by Dr. Joseph Cotellessa London hospital become the first in the world to stream a surgical procedure live and in virtual reality. The surgery, to be performed by Dr Shafi Ahmed at the Royal London Hospital, starts at 1pm BST and is available to watch for free on any compatible VR headset. Primarily aimed at educating thousands of medical students who will be watching the surgery live, anyone with a VR headset – such as the Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear VR – can tune in. The procedure will be recorded by a rig of cameras then streamed live through the VRinOR app, which can be downloaded for free from the Oculus store, as well as Google Play and the iOS App Store. "I am honoured that this patien