virtual reality

Students and teachers can effortlessly switch between VR and the real world with just one click in laboratory lessons, learning from the virtual human body and real cadavers simultaneously.

NASA stakeholders discuss the potential for technologies supporting astronauts' mental health and cognitive functioning during a mission. 

The funding will also support further development of the technology and new staff hires.

Health insurance companies have struggled to keep pace with global digitisation, but if they are to compete with an advancing battalion of disruptors, they need to mobilise coherent digital strategies now – and take the lead in building a new digital ecosystem.

The deal involves videos of medical lectures as well as surgical procedures.

In a small pilot study, participants that used the VR system reported experiencing a decrease in hot flashes and stress.

Immersive virtual reality is playing a key role in the provision of NHS services to help treat anxieties and phobias.

At Hoag Hospital in California, the same technology is paying dividends for patient engagement and surgical outcomes.

Geisinger CIO Karen Murphy says complexity in healthcare can hide providers’ underlying empathy.

Designed for medical students, nurses and practicing surgeons, the videos seek to replicate what it would be like to observe a procedure from inside the operating room.