Coaching patients with integrated VR exposure therapy
An interview with Dr. Elizabeth McMahon by Kristi Hansen Onkka I first met Dr. Elizabeth McMahon at UploadVR’s Healing with VR event in April 2017. As I mingled around the Upload Collective, I...
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VRPhysio Redefines Physical Therapy
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...
ColorVisionVR Visualizes Color Blindness
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...
PerSim First Responder Medical Training using Mixed Reality
PerSim from MedCognition Inc. is a realistic, portable, affordable training simulation for first responders. This use of augmented reality for healthcare can help save lives. MedCognition is a pre-product healthcare startup was recently formed...
Scopis’ Holographic Navigation Platform Helps Surgeons Through Mixed Reality
Via Press Release Cambridge, Massachusetts and Berlin, Germany, May 5, 2017– Scopis, a company specializing in surgical navigation and medical augmented and mixed reality technologies, announced today the launch of its newest development, the...
VR Helps Medical Students Empathize with the Elderly
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...
VR Eases Labor Pains
Via Futurism Giving Birth on VR Beach It’s widely acknowledged that the pain experienced during childbirth is pretty rough. Even if you haven’t experienced having a child yourself, seeing women scream in television and films...
Atkins Launches “Sugar Goggles” VR
March 15, 2017 – Atkins has taken their Hidden Sugar campaign to a more immersive experience by integrating a virtual reality game aimed at educating kids about the power sugar has in their body. HealthiAR...
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...