Virtual Reality (VR) headsets are fast becoming a vital tool in medical training, particularly as healthcare professionals are stretched to their limits dealing with Covid patients. Can the technology ...

VR surgical training platform FundamentalVR today announced it has raised a $20 million Series B investment to further expand its VR surgical training platform. The company is among a growing list of ...

Being able to visualize and precisely understand molecular shapes is a key factor in drug design. Over the years, to envision and better understand molecules, chemists have gone from 2D renderings to ...

Virtual reality technology is becoming an increasingly popular training surgical training tool, both for medical students as well as veteran surgeons learning to use new medical devices. The most ...

When we hear about virtual reality, we imagine players in VR helmets, chasing monsters or sitting at a virtual live casino. In fact, these technologies are used in serious spheres like medicine. VR ...

In 2016, nearly 100 million virtual reality units were shipped in the United States, and experts predict it will be a $4 billion market by 2018. While many think the VR hype is fading, OSF ...

For some people, virtual reality is anything but a game. For some traumatic brain injury patients, it’s a means to living a normal life. Meet Dr. Denise Krch, a research scientist and one of the ...

Pilot Program Will Employ VR to Help Cancer Patients Relax and Reduce Anxiety Before Radiation Therapy BOSTON, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rocket VR Health, a digital therapeutics company developing ...

new video loaded: Brains, Hearts and Heroin Addiction: Medicine in VR transcript Addiction treatment, heart surgery and brain research are just some of the areas where virtual reality is helping to ...

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Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center unveiled a virtual reality mindfulness program in September, allowing patients, hospital staff or visitors to relax at the facility, according to The Inquirer.