The Latest in XR for Health
Pain Management / Patient Well-Being
by Angie Banuelos · Published March 16, 2018 · Last modified March 7, 2018
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...
Autism / Pediatrics / Virtual Reality
by Angie Banuelos · Published March 14, 2018 · Last modified March 12, 2018
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...
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...
Idea Lab / Microsoft HoloLens / Mixed Reality
by Angie Banuelos · Published March 9, 2018 · Last modified March 7, 2018
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...
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...
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...
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Review Article on Innovations and Technology in Surgery December 2016 Abstract: The continuing enhancement of the surgical environment in the digital age has led to a number of innovations being highlighted as potential disruptive...
Clinical Utility / Device/Demonstration / HTC Vive
by kristi · Published January 19, 2017 · Last modified February 27, 2017
January 19, 2017 The best thing about CES 2017 was all the amazing VR content related to health. I also got to finally meet Justin Barad of Osso VR whom I had interviewed about...
January 7, 2017 CES 2017 proved to show the clinical utility of VR in health. And what OSSO VR is doing for surgical training, Sim for Health is doing for practice training. Kristi Hansen Onkka...
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Branded Experiences / Device/Demonstration / HTC Vive / Neurology / Oculus Rift
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Clinical Utility / Microsoft HoloLens / Neurology / Surgery
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