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Mental Health / Oculus Rift / Patient Well-Being
by Angie Banuelos · Published December 14, 2018 · Last modified January 10, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAhrQ5zng3s FDA-registered medical applications provide immersive experiences By Karelyn EvE Lambert – As one of the first virtual reality healthcare companies that is ISO-certified and provides applications that are FDA authorized, VRHealth is breaking...
Oculus Rift / Patient Well-Being / Training
by Angie Banuelos · Published February 23, 2018 · Last modified March 7, 2018
https://www.youtube.chttps://vimeo.com/214086656om/watch?v=9uOETcuFjbE In recent years, many innovative companies have utilized the power of technology to make life a little bit easier for people who are wheelchair bound. One of these companies is Fjord, whose tagline...
Clinical Utility / HTC Vive / Oculus Rift / Samsung GearVR / Vision
by kristi · Published October 11, 2017
via SeeVividly.com – Eye doctors in the US and Canada can now prescribe Vivid Vision Home for at-home treatment of amblyopia, strabismus, and convergence insufficiency. Powered by virtual reality technology, Vivid Vision Clinical is the most advanced lazy...
Oculus Rift / Pediatrics / Training
by kristi · Published July 24, 2017 · Last modified August 13, 2017
Oculus has partnered with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to match surgeons with VR developers like BioflightVR. With virtual reality medical training and simulation modules, BioflightVR helps students and doctors refine their skills and learn-by-doing for...
Clinical Utility / HTC Vive / Oculus Rift / Physical Therapy
by kristi · Published June 28, 2017 · Last modified August 13, 2017
Via VRPhysio Currently, the rehabilitation process consists of treatment by the physical therapist (PT) and home training. Commonly, trainees don’t workout at home as instructed, because exercises are dull, frequently difficult to perform and...
Oculus Rift / Patient Empathy / Vision
by kristi · Published June 25, 2017 · Last modified June 28, 2017
by Kristi Hansen Onkka Virtual reality helps personalize a disease for those who are not afflicted. It allows a first-person experience which empowers medical professionals, caregivers and the general public to better understand and appreciate...
By Matt Jones According to the creators, We Are Alfred is “A virtual, immersive case study designed to teach medical students about the aging experience from the first-person patient perspective.” In-order to bring this first-person...
HTC Vive / Oculus Rift / Surgery / Training
by kristi · Published December 9, 2016 · Last modified October 27, 2017
Dr. Justin Barad speaks about the surgical training gap at NVIDIA Emerging Companies Summit 2016 Have you ever wondered how people get started in VR? Or more specifically – VR for healthcare? Me too. An...
https://press.rsna.org/timssnet/rsna/media/pr2016/ribeiro-werner/mp4/ribeiro-werner_2.mp4 Researchers Generate 3-D Virtual Reality Models of Unborn Babies Via RSNA Nov 21, 2016 CHICAGO — Parents may soon be able to watch their unborn babies grow in realistic 3-D immersive visualizations, thanks...
From The Doctors Channel On July 20, 2016, a team of surgeons broadcast a live hepatectomyfrom the Fudan University-affiliated Zhongshan Hospital in Fudan, China. Medical students were invited to view the live surgery as...
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Branded Experiences / Device/Demonstration / HTC Vive / Neurology / Oculus Rift
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Clinical Utility / Microsoft HoloLens / Neurology / Surgery
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