As VR technology develops, so too do the potential applications for various industries. One such sector where VR shows great promise is medicine and healthcare. Using VR hardware, it is possible to safely train surgeons, improve the skills of existing practitioners, and showcase new procedures. Pioneering surgical training company, Osso VR has recently announced that … Continue reading Osso VR: Revolutionising Surgical Training
The VR revolution that occurred around 2016 happened because some very smart folks managed to solve key issues that prevented VR…
One of the biggest hurdles facing immersive VR is freedom of movement. While we can easily make someone see and hear a large space around them, any attempt to actually move through that space will end in disaster if you aren’t careful. At first, the easiest solution was to use a gamepad,a device most people … Continue reading Consumer VR Treadmills Still Aren’t A Thing, But Kat VR Is Giving It A Go Anyway
Modern dentistry is a pretty painless practise, but all the cutting-edge dental techniques in the world do little for the anxiety of individual patients. In the collective imagination of the public going to the dentist is something to be feared. It’s no help that serious anxiety is an increasingly common occurrence in modern life. The … Continue reading Virtual Reality in Dentistry: A Match Made in Heaven?
Now that we have practical, affordable and highly-realistic VR there’s always the question of what we’ll do with this technological tool. While most people are going to create VR experiences that will be education, scientific or educational in nature, there are going to be some applications that are more left-of-field. We’ve seen some weird stuff … Continue reading Woman’s Deceased Daughter “Resurrected” in VR: Unethical or the Future?
I don’t fear a lot of things in life, but there are two evils on my list of irrational fears that cause cold sweats at the mere thought of them – heights and small space. While I’m not so claustrophobic that an elevator would give me pause, the idea of crawling into the medical monster … Continue reading One VR App Could Help Out People Scared of an MRI
I really hate needles and I always have. My school used to hand out free vaccinations. Ones my parents still believe that I actually got to this day. I don’t know if some other kid got an extra dose, but I slipped by those needle-wielding harpies every time. Now as an adult I can more … Continue reading Researchers Show How VR Helps Kids Get Over Needles
Are you ever worried that you’re not really doing anything meaningful with your life? Like most people I worry that after I die nothing I did will really amount to anything, so one day I got a brilliant idea: donating my body to science. It’s perfect! I don’t actually have to do anything and yet … Continue reading No Body? No Problem! With Singapore University VR Cadavers
Schizophrenia is an especially tough mental disorder to live with. Imagine having your sense of reality shift in ways that make it difficult to deal with real life. One common issue that such people have to deal with is extreme paranoia. The feeling that a situation is dangerous or that something bad is going to … Continue reading Study Shows VR Might Help Reduce Severe Paranoia
If you’ve ever run through the Oculus Dreamdeck experience you’ll know there’s one slice of the demo where you find yourself standing inside what appears to be a vein, blocked at one end by an insect (eew) with red blood cells floating all around you. That sort of perspective is something that just hasn’t been … Continue reading VR Opens Up New Ways to Explore the Microcosm
