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Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. Walter: It’s going to be in Nashville. But if we can augment the pain medication and reduce the need for it by using virtual environments as a gating distraction from the pain, then all the better.

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Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford's Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. Walter: It's going to be in Nashville. But if we can augment the pain medication and reduce the need for it by using virtual environments as a gating distraction from the pain, then all the better. Alan: Where's that going to be?

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Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. Walter: It’s going to be in Nashville. But if we can augment the pain medication and reduce the need for it by using virtual environments as a gating distraction from the pain, then all the better.