In virtual reality, a technology that produces a virtual 3D environment for the user, the team created an interactive space where students could have a hands-on — virtually speaking —…
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Project for Futuristic Surgical Training Receives CHF 12 Million in Funding
The Swiss Federal Agency for Innovation Promotion (Innosuisse) is supporting the “PROFICIENCY” project, in which ORamaVR S.A. is a full partner, with a total of CHF 12 million over the…
New Center Brings Virtual Reality Research Into Focus
The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) is the joint recipient of $4.75 million in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a new Center for Medical…
Extended reality can make medical training more adaptable
Replacing actors pretending to be patients with holographic videos that can be generated anywhere can make the hands-on part of medical education cheaper and more flexible. Source: Extended reality can…
Fresenius Medical Care uses virtual reality technology to train patients for home dialysis
In peritoneal dialysis, which is used by about 11 percent of the approximately 3.7 million dialysis patients worldwide, the lining of the patient’s abdominal cavity – the peritoneum – acts…
How Augmented Reality Strengthens Biotech Manufacturing
As in other industries, biotech and pharmaceutical industry increased the use of augmented reality in production processes. In this article you can discovers some of these uses but also pain…
ASTRA: surgical training system for fetal surgery based on augmented reality and game technology
Discover the project ASTRA, one of projects funded by EPIC MegaGrants. Using the Unreal Engine and Magic Leap augmented reality glasses this project develops a training method for very complex…
Virtual reality has found a new role: Teaching doctors to deal with patients
It’s not the first time we mention here one of the most fundamental role of VR for healthcare people: the possibility to train to meet patient. As explain in this…