The Latest News in Immersive Healthcare
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...
HTC Vive / Training / Virtual Reality
by Angie Banuelos · Published November 14, 2018 · Last modified November 13, 2018
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...
Clinical Utility / Device/Demonstration / Virtual Reality
by Angie Banuelos · Published October 22, 2018 · Last modified October 21, 2018
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...
Device/Demonstration / Training / Virtual Reality
by Angie Banuelos · Published October 8, 2018 · Last modified October 3, 2018
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...
Clinical Utility / Prosthetics / Virtual Reality
by Angie Banuelos · Published October 4, 2018 · Last modified October 2, 2018
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...
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...
Device/Demonstration / Training / Virtual Reality
by Angie Banuelos · Published September 28, 2018 · Last modified January 10, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkwH8AvYNxo Collaboration between Google, Labster puts students in virtual labs In the wide world of science education, hands-on learning is extremely important. Virtual Reality applications are making it easier to gain hands-on experience in...
Obstetrics/Maternity / Pediatrics / Virtual Reality
by Angie Banuelos · Published September 25, 2018 · Last modified January 4, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9C9w8sDVLk The Guardian’s third virtual reality venture is called First Impressions. It’s available on Daydream View, Google’s mobile VR platform. By Chelsea Nicole The Guardian is well-known as one of the most popular news sources...
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Branded Experiences / Device/Demonstration / HTC Vive / Neurology / Oculus Rift
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