With Healium XR, Thoughts Have Power
“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...
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VRHealth launches first telehealth-VR health data platform
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...
Stanford CHARIOT uses virtual and augmented reality to improve pediatric patient experience
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...
VRHealth uses Oculus technology to redefine patient care
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...
Precision OS allows surgeons to practice before taking on real surgery
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...
BodyMap creates the ‘Google Map’ of the human body
Amazing new virtual reality toolset allows medical students and professionals to view and interact with the body in a fully immersive setting. By Karelyn EvE Lambert — In the not so distant past, students...
C4X Discovery uses virtual reality for drug discovery
Molecule Design in VR C4X Discovery models drug molecules in 3D spaces for VR manipulation Virtual reality applications exist in many different fields, but the medical field is a great use case for the...
Edith Cowan University uses virtual reality training for first responders
VR training helps defray costs of full-scale live training It’s no secret that virtual reality is a powerful tool for training in many fields. It allows people in a wide variety of professions to...
EPFL uses VR to help with phantom limb sensations
Project uses virtual reality to create mental link Losing a limb, whether by amputation or otherwise, can be a jarring experience for a person and for their body. Learning to function without a limb or with...
CHLA + Oculus Go expands pediatric training
In the world of immersive health, partnerships play a big role in hospital-wide adoption. This is very visible in the partnership announced in 2017 between virtual reality company Oculus and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). The partnership...