Virtual and mixed reality inferior to traditional learning in anatomy education

In this article, a team from McMaster University explains results of its latest study about efficiency of VR and AR in teaching anatomy. Immersive technologies in this case don’t help…

Cosmetic Surgeons See Growing Trend, Dangers of ‘Snapchat Dysmorphia’

We have many examples on this website of benefices of immersive technologies for plastic reconstruction, reparative surgery or post-traumatic treatments. But there is also a dark side of these uses,…

Taiwan university develops VR horseback riding

The National Pingtung University in Taiwan develop a very special device of VR to help patients in the rehabilitation period : an horseback riding simulator. Combining immersion and game, the…

Osso VR wins Air Force research grant

The company Osso VR enters the SBIR program of the U.S. Air Force to explore the potential of virtual reality surgical training “on the field”. Osso VR said this week…

Doctors In Zambia Use ‘Virtual Reality’ Developed At SMU To Train Surgeons

A team from Southern Methodist University (SMU) use virtual reality to train surgeons in Zambia. This is a concret use of Virtual Reality Surgery Simulator (VRSS) developed at SMU with the…

La VR, la réalité virtuelle m’anesthésie

Cet article de RFI revient sur les utilisations actuelles de la réalité virtuelle dans les procédure d’anesthésie. L’auteur met en particulier en lumière l’entreprise HypnoVR (Strasbourg) qui travaille depuis de…

Using augmented reality and presence to treat Arachnophobia

In this article, a study from Wayne State University’s Stress, Trauma, and Anxiety Research Clinic is presented. Situational therapy using AR is not new, but here you will find interesting…