Microsoft Patents AR Diet Glasses
Via CB Insights May 9, 2017 Bringing the HBO comedy Silicon Valley’s “Shazam for Food” to life, Microsoft was granted a patent for augmented reality glasses that track when and what you eat. Imagine a...
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VR “Exergaming” for Weight Loss
Recently, it was reported that a man lost 50 lbs just by playing a virtual reality game on the HTC Vive. In the above video, Dr. Bertalan Mesko talks about a new emerging athlete: gamers. And the following article...
Study: VR Improves Body Image Accuracy
Via Steve Smith at MedicalDaily.com Various factors go into how people perceive a person with a perfect body. As Medical Daily pointed out previously, there was a different type of “perfect body” for every time period...
“Augmented Satiety” Combats Obesity
Virtual reality has the power to trick your brain through immersive visual illusions. When connected to other senses like touch and smell, VR can effectively play a role in weight loss. In this article, CNN...
EchoPixel’s True 3D Brings Holograms to Virtual Diagnostics
March 1, 2017 – In addition to Microsoft and their HoloLens, many other companies are creating augmented reality glasses that offer the ability to interact with holographic images. One example is EchoPixel’s FDA 510k-approved...
VimedixAR Medical Training with HoloLens
“We can practice on plastic and pixels.” – Robert Amyot, President CAE healthcare Via CAE Healthcare February 1, 2017 – CAE Healthcare has integrated the Microsoft HoloLens, the first holographic computer that allows you...
HoloLens transforms learning via MRIs and AR
via Case Western Reserve University March 30, 2016 – Last spring, Professor Mark Griswold told a global audience about the potential of Microsoft HoloLens to transform learning. Twelve months later, Griswold showed the world...
Stryker modernizes OR configuration with HoloLens
via Venture Beat February 21, 2017 – Microsoft is talking for the first time today about a new customer of its HoloLens augmented reality headset: publicly traded medical device company Stryker. Stryker sells forceps,...
TV’s Dr. Mehmet Oz shares his vision for a “Google Maps of the Body”
January 6, 2016 healthiAR’s Kristi Hansen Onkka was at the HTC VIVE media event at #CES2017 for the debut of Sharecare’s YOU VR. Dr. Oz shared his passion for the possibilities a personal “Google map...
Gatebox Holographic Assistance Robot – Help for Depression and Isolation
A new concept in artificial intelligent assistance comes from Japanese company, Gatebox. As the video portrays, the idea of an AI enabled hologram character could power a new direction for creating patient assistance and...