The Latest in XR for Health
Augmented Reality / Patient Well-Being / Technology
by Angie Banuelos · Published March 6, 2019 · Last modified March 5, 2019
New tech helps users meet their health and wellness goals CareOS is a smart beauty and health platform for the bathroom. The CareOS smart Health & Beauty Hub connects bathroom devices such as an...
Meditation / Mental Health / Oculus Go / Patient Well-Being / Psychology
by kristi · Published January 23, 2019
“You-ware” helps relieve stress and anxiety By Kristi Hansen Onkka — CES 2019 was an exciting place for healthcare. Not only did I get to see my friend Eran Orr with VRHealth, I got...
Aging / Clinical Utility / Patient Well-Being
by kristi · Published January 10, 2019 · Last modified January 25, 2019
https://youtu.be/72gQnzxmtAo Partnership with AARP influences new VR Medical Platform — by Kristi Hansen Onkka This week I met with the founder and CEO of VRHealth, Eran Orr, to take a look at this ground...
Pain Management / Patient Well-Being / Pediatrics
by Angie Banuelos · Published December 16, 2018 · Last modified December 15, 2018
Virtual reality headsets reduce childrens’ anxiety during hospital procedures By Karelyn EvE Lambert — A trip to the hospital can be paralyzing For a child, hospital procedures such as drawing blood, injections or surgical...
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...
Patient Well-Being / Surgical Training / Virtual Reality
by Angie Banuelos · Published November 15, 2018
PrecisionOS offers three different virtual reality applications to give surgeons experience prior to procedures. By Kristi Hansen Onkka — Precision OS brings surgical training using immersive virtual reality. This use case for virtual reality enables...
By Halle Hershberger — Life after limb loss is filled with unknown questions as to whether patients can resume normal activities. However, the Hanger Clinic based out of Austin, Texas recently introduced a new...
Sold-out conference at Cedar-Sinai in Los Angeles explores the clinical challenges and benefits of prescribing VR for patient care. Virtual Medicine was developed by Dr. Brennan Spiegel, Director of Health Research and a pioneer in the use of...
Pain Management / Patient Well-Being
by Angie Banuelos · Published March 16, 2018 · Last modified March 7, 2018
New VR headset simplifies the patient experience. The medical field and the world of virtual reality can work well in tandem, and BELLA VR is one company looking to innovate in both fields simultaneously. However, while...
‘Canetroller’ uses haptic, audio feedback to simulate virtual space for the blind Most traditional virtual reality systems are based at least partially around what the user can see with his or her eyes. This...
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Branded Experiences / Device/Demonstration / HTC Vive / Neurology / Oculus Rift
28 Oct, 2016
360° Video / Neurology / Oculus Rift / Surgery / Training
Surgical Theatre VR for Neurosurgery
25 Oct, 2016