The Latest News in Immersive Healthcare
Clinical Utility / Neurology / Physical Therapy / Samsung GearVR
by kristi · Published August 13, 2017 · Last modified August 14, 2017
via NeuroRehabVR.com — LokoSprint is an endless runner game created to be played on the Lokomat robotic gait trainer for physical therapy. Robotic gait trainers such as the Lokomat are used in place of treadmill...
via Holodia.com HOLOFIT™ from Holodia is the leading global VR fitness software platform that offers multisport immersive VR training, competition, fun, and networking, across borders, anywhere you choose to train. HOLOFIT reinvents Fitness through...
360° Video / Patient Empathy / Vision
by kristi · Published August 7, 2017 · Last modified August 13, 2017
360° video tells the story of life with macular degeneration by Kristi Hansen Onkka Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Embodied Labs CEO, Carrie Shaw, and her team at their Los Angeles working-home. As...
Oculus Rift / Pediatrics / Training
by kristi · Published July 24, 2017 · Last modified August 13, 2017
Oculus has partnered with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to match surgeons with VR developers like BioflightVR. With virtual reality medical training and simulation modules, BioflightVR helps students and doctors refine their skills and learn-by-doing for...
Psychology / Samsung GearVR / Trends
by kristi · Published July 5, 2017 · Last modified October 27, 2017
An interview with Dr. Elizabeth McMahon by Kristi Hansen Onkka I first met Dr. Elizabeth McMahon at UploadVR’s Healing with VR event in April 2017. As I mingled around the Upload Collective, I...
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Clinical Utility / Neurology / Physical Therapy
by kristi · Published June 29, 2017 · Last modified August 13, 2017
via Recovr Recovery of upper extremity movement after an event such as a stroke is a skill relearning process. This means that the stroke survivor must relearn how to move their arm because the stroke...
Clinical Utility / HTC Vive / Oculus Rift / Physical Therapy
by kristi · Published June 28, 2017 · Last modified August 13, 2017
Via VRPhysio Currently, the rehabilitation process consists of treatment by the physical therapist (PT) and home training. Commonly, trainees don’t workout at home as instructed, because exercises are dull, frequently difficult to perform and...
Oculus Rift / Patient Empathy / Vision
by kristi · Published June 25, 2017 · Last modified June 28, 2017
by Kristi Hansen Onkka Virtual reality helps personalize a disease for those who are not afflicted. It allows a first-person experience which empowers medical professionals, caregivers and the general public to better understand and appreciate...
PerSim from MedCognition Inc. is a realistic, portable, affordable training simulation for first responders. This use of augmented reality for healthcare can help save lives. MedCognition is a pre-product healthcare startup was recently formed...
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