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Device/Demonstration / Surgery / Training

February 7, 2019

Osso VR is the first to “score” surgeons using VR

Osso VR receives grant for automation and AI in surgical assessment Our friends at Osso VR just received a grant of over $200,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research and development to advance...

Meditation / Mental Health / Oculus Go / Patient Well-Being / Psychology

January 23, 2019

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...

Aging / Clinical Utility / Patient Well-Being

January 10, 2019

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...

Pain Management / Patient Well-Being / Pediatrics

December 16, 2018

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...

Mental Health / Oculus Rift / Patient Well-Being

December 14, 2018

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...

Patient Well-Being / Surgical Training / Virtual Reality

November 15, 2018

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...

HTC Vive / Training / Virtual Reality

November 14, 2018

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...

Clinical Utility / Device/Demonstration / Virtual Reality

October 22, 2018

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...

Device/Demonstration / Training / Virtual Reality

October 8, 2018

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...

Clinical Utility / Prosthetics / Virtual Reality

October 4, 2018

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...