Virtual reality could help to reduce pain
Researchers have shown that VR can reduce types of pain typically seen in patients with nerve injuries.
Augmented reality & virtual reality
Extended reality applications like virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality transform the practice of medicine. We report on their widespread use – from the use in the operating room to clinical medicine, drug development, medical training and education, to treatment in pain management, psychology and psychiatry.
Virtual reality at your fingertips
Researchers have developed a wristband equipped with sensors to enable free-hand, intuitive working in VR that could be used in everyday applications.
Avatar coaching with community context for adult-child dyads
Virtual reality avatar-based coaching shows promise to increase access to nutrition education to children at risk for obesity,
Hemodialysis: Virtual reality lessens physical side effects
Researchers have explored whether a virtual reality program on mindfulness/meditation could alleviate the physical side effects of hemodialysis patients.
Virtual reality helps to treat fear of heights
Researchers have developed a VR app to reduce fear of heights. Now, they have conducted a clinical trial to study its efficacy.
A new virtual reality cognitive assessment
Researchers have created a virtual reality cognitive assessment to effectively test executive function in a real-world setting.
Exercise caution after working out in VR
Researchers have investigated the aftereffects of playing one of the most popular VR exergames on aspects of vision, cognition, and self-reported VR sickness.
A metalens for AR and VR
Researchers have developed a millimeter-size flat lens for #virtualreality and #augmentedreality platforms.
VR training improves motor control
A virtual reality (VR) based method benefits rehabilitation and sports training by increasing bodily awareness an improving motor control.
What happens when your brain can't tell which way is up or down?
Using virtual reality, researchers found that people differ in how much they are influenced by their visual environment.
VR applied to rehabilitation for stroke patients
VR-based rehabilitation programs are becoming an important complement to conventional motor therapy for stroke patients and individuals with neurodegenerative diseases.
AR makes chemistry and biology accessible everywhere
A new website allows teachers and students to explore concepts from chemistry and biology by manipulating virtual molecules in augmented reality.
Creating an accessible surgery simulator
Researchers are developing a simulator that could be used to train both surgeons who are in the early stages of their career and those who are more experienced.
VR helps measure vulnerability to stress
Behavioral scientists have developed a virtual reality test that assesses a person’s vulnerability to stress while exploring immersive environments.
Using VR to better understand auditory perception
In the new priority program AUDICTIVE, experts want to use virtual reality (VR) to better understand complex auditory processes.
Interactive VR tool for drug design against COVID-19
Scientists have demonstrated a VR technique which should help in developing drugs against the SARS-CoV-2 virus – and enable researchers to share models and collaborate in new ways.
VR: Concurrent sharing of avatar by two individuals
Researchers have developed a method for two individuals to share an avatar in Virtual Reality.
3D hand pose estimation using a wrist-worn camera
Researchers have developed a wrist-worn device for 3D hand pose estimation. The system consists of a camera that captures images of the back of the hand, and is supported by a neural network.
Exposure therapy in VR to prevent disorders
VR can have significant impact on the validity of remote health appointments for those with eating disorders, through called Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET).
VR allows scientists to 'walk' inside cells
Virtual reality software which allows researchers to 'walk' inside and analyse individual cells could be used to develop new treatments for disease.
Virtual rehab for stroke patients
Researchers have been putting virtual reality rehabilitation for stroke survivors to the test and created a gaming platform to improve their lives.
VR trains public to reverse opioid overdoses
Researchers developed a virtual reality immersive video aimed at training and motivating people to save lives from opioid overdoses.
VR training improves physical and cognitive functions
Researchers have developed an innovative training protocol that, utilizing immersive virtual reality (IVR), leads to real physical and cognitive benefits.
Augmented Reality in the OR: matching man and machine
One of the crucial future technologies in surgery is Augmented Reality. Most experts agree that AR will increase safety and efficiency, improve surgical training and decrease costs.
AR telemedicine effective for battlefield
A study shows medics successfully performing surgery in life-like simulations of these war zones by receiving guidance from surgeons through an AR headset.
Wearable haptics make virtual objects feel real
Researchers have created soft actuators that can simulate the feeling of touching a virtual object with your fingers.
Using holograms during cardiac procedure
Physicians have shown that using a holographic display improves physician accuracy when performing a procedure to treat irregular heartbeat.
Multimodal mixed reality visualisation for surgical guidance
Researchers have developed a MR visualisation platform which projects multiple imaging modalities to assist intraoperative surgical guidance.
Closer threats inspire a more primitive kind of fear
Using VR to make threats appear near or far is what makes it harder to extinguish the fear of a close-up threat and more likely that you’ll have some long-term stress from the experience.
Virtual reality takes the 'work' out of workouts
If you want to exercise harder, enjoy it more and feel it less, pull on a VR headset and plug in some upbeat tunes.
First AR minimally-invasive spine surgery
Dr. Frank Phillips, Professor and Director of the Division of Spine Surgery and the Section of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Rush University Medical Center, completed the first augmented reality (AR) minimally invasive spine surgery.
Ocutrx unveiled 8K AR surgery system
Ocutrx Vision Technologies has released a new system that provides the most modern options for surgery visualization designed to make it easier for surgeons to perform procedures.
VR study: our visual world of color is incorrect
A study finds that people are aware of surprisingly limited color in their peripheral vision; much of our sense of a colorful visual world is likely constructed by our brain.
Virtual reality simulation improves cardiovascular interventions
Engineers are developing a massive fluid dynamics simulator that can model blood flow through the full human arterial system at subcellular resolution.
VR & 3D printing used to prepare for lung-operation
An anaesthesia team used 3D printing and virtual reality to produce an exact model of the airway of a 7-year-old girl in order to prepare properly for an operation to remove part of her lung.