Microsoft Patents AR Diet Glasses
Via CB Insights May 9, 2017 Bringing the HBO comedy Silicon Valley’s “Shazam for Food” to life, Microsoft was granted a patent for augmented reality glasses that track when and what you eat. Imagine a...
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Scopis’ Holographic Navigation Platform Helps Surgeons Through Mixed Reality
Via Press Release Cambridge, Massachusetts and Berlin, Germany, May 5, 2017– Scopis, a company specializing in surgical navigation and medical augmented and mixed reality technologies, announced today the launch of its newest development, the...
VR Helps Medical Students Empathize with the Elderly
By Matt Jones According to the creators, We Are Alfred is “A virtual, immersive case study designed to teach medical students about the aging experience from the first-person patient perspective.” In-order to bring this first-person...
VR Helps Healthcare Companies Market the Intangible
Experiencing is believing: Companies are using VR to demonstrate abstract solutions to concrete problems By Benjamin Perry Alimera Lifesciences faced a conundrum. They had a product they knew could dramatically improve the lives of patients who...
VR Peekaboo Helps Bonding During Pregnancy
Via Get in the Ring Waiting 9 months to finally meet the biggest surprise of your life for the first time – your baby! – is a long wait. Too long, is what Piotr and...
VR Eases Labor Pains
Via Futurism Giving Birth on VR Beach It’s widely acknowledged that the pain experienced during childbirth is pretty rough. Even if you haven’t experienced having a child yourself, seeing women scream in television and films...
Born To Be Alive VR Helps with Childbirth Preparation
Via Digital AV Magazine Born ToBeAlive It is a 3D simulation tool that helps expectant mothers prepare for the day of delivery. a virtual world where they answer all questions that may arise when that...
Atkins Launches “Sugar Goggles” VR
March 15, 2017 – Atkins has taken their Hidden Sugar campaign to a more immersive experience by integrating a virtual reality game aimed at educating kids about the power sugar has in their body. HealthiAR...
VR “Exergaming” for Weight Loss
Recently, it was reported that a man lost 50 lbs just by playing a virtual reality game on the HTC Vive. In the above video, Dr. Bertalan Mesko talks about a new emerging athlete: gamers. And the following article...
Study: VR Improves Body Image Accuracy
Via Steve Smith at MedicalDaily.com Various factors go into how people perceive a person with a perfect body. As Medical Daily pointed out previously, there was a different type of “perfect body” for every time period...