The “VR Telehealth Clinic” of XRHealth was lauched last month in 8 US states. The goal is to help patients to be well at home and, at the same time,…
Month: April 2020
The future of doctor training is video games and robots
Are games good to train physicians and medical professionals ? The startup Level Ex thinks yes and offers many applications to illustrate this principle! Level Ex is one of several…
Johnson & Johnson va déployer 150 casques Oculus Quest pour former des chirurgiens en réalité virtuelle
Avec ce déploiement, Johnson & Johnson veut collecter les données provenant de l’entraînement des chirurgiens, mais aussi obtenir leurs retours d’expériences. Pour l’instant, l’entreprise pharmaceutique a déjà utilisé la réalité…
Managing pain through distraction
A research team from the University of Malta uses VR to help people to “forget” pain by distraction. Alexiei Dingli, a professor at the Department of Artificial Intelligence, and his…
Microscopes go high-tech thanks to startup Augmentiqs
The updated version developed by Augmentiqs, a startup founded in 2016, is an electro-optic device combining software and hardware that integrates within existing microscopes, connecting them to a PC and…
R.I. Hospital utilizes 3D, Augmented, Virtual Reality
A team from Rhode Island Hospital uses Hololens glasses to improve health education. With the help of the university’s library they also build a free repository of scientific ressources. The…
Evolving healthcare design with virtual reality technology
Building hospitals and, in particular, operating rooms is very complex. The cost could increase dramatically if a little mistake is done during the design process. In this article authors explain how…