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The 10 Most Innovative Companies in Augmented and Virtual Reality
Tracie Kim
March 09, 2021
[Icon: Assignment Studios] Snap, Supernatural, Valve, Qualcomm, Nreal, and five more companies creating the future of computing today. Consumer virtual reality (VR) headsets took a stride toward the mainstream with the release of Oculus Quest 2 this year, while augmented…
AppliedVR Releases Pivotal Data on Virtual Reality-Based Pain Therapy
Tracie Kim
February 25, 2021
In 2020, AppliedVR Inc. reported results from a three-week proof-of-concept study showing reduction of lower back pain with the use of its EaseVRx virtual reality (VR) therapy. Now the company has pivotal data affirming the benefit to patients with chronic…
Virtual Reality May Ease Chronic Pain
Tracie Kim
September 10, 2020
Virtual reality (VR) for chronic pain has produced promising results but faces important challenges, a literature review suggested. "Despite scientific evidence, access to VR devices is limited due to cost and reluctance in embracing technology or innovation," said Rajat Lamington,…
Covid-19 Is Fueling A Digital Therapeutics Revolution, But The Road To Maturity Travels Through The Four Healthcare ‘Ps’
Tracie Kim
August 26, 2020
In just a few short years, digital therapeutics (DTx) have become an exciting, incredibly competitive new frontier in healthcare. For those not familiar, DTx deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions to patients via software applications, and are meant to prevent, manage or…
AppliedVR Testing the Use of At-Home Virtual Reality Therapy for Chronic Pain
Tracie Kim
July 14, 2020
Los Angeles-based AppliedVR's virtual reality platform—which uses goggles and headsets to create an immersive, 3D virtual world—has been aimed at alleviating everything from labor pains during childbirth to the pain from burns to discomfort experienced undergoing infusions for cancer…
Virtual Reality Therapy Can Reduce Chronic Pain at Home
Josh Sackman
July 09, 2020
View original article on Pain News Network Therapeutic virtual reality (VR) can reduce chronic pain, improve mood and help people sleep, according to a small study of 74 patients living with fibromyalgia or chronic lower back pain. The research, published…
Enlisting Virtual Reality to Ease Real Pain
Josh Sackman
July 12, 2017
Putting on VR goggles and virtually swimming with dolphins can ease some patients’ pain, new research shows. Hospitals across the country are giving VR a try. Originally posted in the Wall Street Journal. Read the original article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/enlisting-virtual-reality-to-ease-real-pain-1499869442?mod=nwsrl_health_wellness
For a Child Getting Chemo, Virtual Reality Games at Hospital Can Feel Like Disney
Josh Sackman
May 26, 2017
Seth Oliva, 8, is playing a virtual reality game that takes him inside the human body while getting cancer treatment at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Hollywood. Seth Oliva’s favorite virtual reality simulation game takes him through the human body,…
Here’s Why Arianna Huffington Is Calm When Falling 500 Feet
Josh Sackman
May 02, 2017
Unlike most people, Arianna Huffington was relatively unfazed when asked to step off the ledge of a 500-foot building, albeit a virtual one. At Fortune’s Brainstorm Health conference in San Diego on Tuesday, the media mogul served as a guinea pig in a demonstration…
Could Virtual Reality Ease Labor Pains?
Josh Sackman
January 30, 2017
One woman wore a virtual reality headset during labor transporting her to a tropical location while she was pushing. Could this be the future of giving birth? ER physician Dr. Travis Stork asks pregnant model and actress Molly Sims if she considered…