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Clinical Utility / Surgical Training / Virtual Reality
by Angie Banuelos · Published May 28, 2019 · Last modified May 23, 2019
Surgeons and residents collaborate from all over the world ORamaVR is a medical virtual reality technology company that was founded in 2016. It’s aim is changing medical education through cutting edge virtual reality techniques....
HTC Vive / Surgical Training / Virtual Reality
by Angie Banuelos · Published May 9, 2018 · Last modified May 7, 2018
Game tasks player with finding sources of fire in the operating room Optera Group’s “Fire in the OR” virtual reality demo is a short challenge set in a hospital operating room. The demo is very...
Microsoft HoloLens / Obstetrics/Maternity / Training
by kristi · Published January 22, 2018 · Last modified February 9, 2018
CAE Healthcare recently released LucinaAR, an augmented reality birthing simulation training application that is bringing obstetric operating skills training to the next level. LucinaAR employs Microsoft’s HoloLens and it includes life-sized models of the mother...
Have you ever wondered what the world looks like through the eyes of someone with memory loss? One aging services organization, Chicago Methodist Senior Services (CMSS), hopes to find out through its partnership with...
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...
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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
28 Oct, 2016
360° Video / Neurology / Oculus Rift / Surgery / Training
Surgical Theatre VR for Neurosurgery
25 Oct, 2016