The Latest News in Immersive Healthcare
Imagine if deaf people could use HoloLens to understand speech. Google Translate is an extremely useful tool, but it doesn’t work for every language. American Sign Language is absent from Google Translate, but an...
New headset features a 90-degree field of view There are many large companies competing to bring the world of augmented reality to the forefront of the technological world, some with the backing of billion-dollar...
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is the first stand-alone children’s hospital to acquire the Precision Virtual Reality™ visualization platform by Surgical Theater. Brain surgery can be a frightening prospect, and that’s even more true when...
VR system uses customizable exposure therapy to immerse patients during treatment. Virtual reality remains an emerging technology, but researchers and developers are discovering new uses for it every day. Limbix is one such developer. The...
University of Alberta’s augmented reality project uses medical images, infrared cameras, and projection to visualize a patient’s internal anatomy Literally getting under a patient’s skin can be intrusive, but researchers are finding new ways...
‘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...
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...
https://vimeo.com/190273764om/watch?v=9uOETcuFjbE Many innovative companies have been founded around the incredible potential augmented reality, virtual reality and mixed-reality have in training medical students—especially because it brings text-book learning to life. In line with this, INSIGHT HEART is...
Nia Technologies is solving problems in configuring prosthetics Where there’s a problem, there’s a solution, and the complicated world of prosthetics is no exception. Design tools are often cumbersome and difficult to use, but...
SaeboVR is a new approach in health care focusing on physical and mental rehabilitation. SaeboVR uses monitor-based virtual reality, along with a customized SaeboGlove and/or motion tracking, to enable patients to interact with cognitive and physical...
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