Optera Group VR simulation teaches OR fire safety
Game tasks player with finding sources of fire in the operating room Optera Group’s “Fire in the OR” virtual reality demo is a short challenge set in a hospital operating room. The demo is very...
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Nomadeec brings mixed reality to paramedics
Nomadeec uses hands-free augmented-reality interface to inform paramedics in real time In the wide world of virtual-reality technology, innovators are constantly finding new ways to augment the way data is handled in the medical field. Many...
Virtual Medicine symposium brings great minds together
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...
HealthVoyager tracks kids’ healthcare journeys in VR
Virtual reality app connects to hospital records and allows physicians to customize findings display based on each patient Healthcare often feels like a journey, and products like HealthVoyager exist to help patients navigate that journey with as...
Watch the heart do its job with Cardiolens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyheMrkUiIY HoloLens project tracks the heart and visualizes its activity for the wearer Visualizing a person’s heartbeat is nothing new in the medical field. Electrocardiograms have been around since Willem Einthoven invented the first...
BELLA VR uses escapism to treat anxiety
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...
Floreo VR brings tools for children with autism home
Virtual-reality technology helps kids build social connections A virtual-reality headset has the ability to put its user inside an artificial world instead of immersing him or her in a real scenario, and that ability...
LooxidVR tracks eye and brain function during use
VR headset provides neuroscientific data based on camera and EEG sensor readings during use The virtual-reality experience can often be an isolating one for both the user and for anyone hoping to acquire data...
HoloHear translates the spoken word to ASL in mixed-reality
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...
AjnaLens: Taking on mixed reality
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...