Category: Oculus Rift

VR Therapy for Paraplegics

FROM QUARTZ The chances of recovery for paraplegic patients were once considered nearly nil. But in 2014, 29-year-old Juliano Pinto, who faced complete paralysis below the chest, literally kicked off the opening match at...

Surgical Theatre VR for Neurosurgery

Florida Hospital Tampa is the first in the southeastern United States to provide Surgical Theater’s VR technology for neurosurgery. PRESS RELEASE 10/25/16 Florida Hospital Tampa is now offering a breakthrough technology that produces three-dimensional...

Abbvie Parkinsons VR

VR promotes empathy by allowing first-hand disease simulations. In this tradeshow experience from Abbvie, health care professionals can experience the daily struggles of having Parkinson’s disease themselves. “This enables them to have a better...

The Body VR

A really cool immersion into the body. The Body VR is creating educational virtual reality content serving edutainment, training and higher education. They are achieving this through partnerships with universities in the US and...

Project Nourished VR

A fascinating look into the potential for altering food consumption habits. There are applications here for obesity treatment, allergy management and other eating issues. Via Noah Nelson, NPR By now, you’re probably tired of hearing...