VRScout

JUNE 8, 2022

Earlier today, the company announced that it has partnered with Alder Hey Children’s Hospital to develop a digital twin of the health center’s radiology department that patients can visit remotely using a VR headset. The post Hospital Metaverse: Building A Children’s Health Center In VR appeared first on VRScout.

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ARPost

JANUARY 10, 2023

Aside from serving great food made from fresh ingredients, restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill strives to promote health and wellness by making healthy food more accessible and creating engaging experiences. This January, it kicks off the year with a Chipotle AR experience that motivates fans to keep their New Year’s health resolutions.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 28, 2022

Rocket VR Health announced its participation in Newchip’s global accelerator programme designed to fund, build, and scale startups and companies. We are excited for Rocket VR Health and believe they will be well positioned to take advantage of our fast-expanding global ecosystem at Newchip” Immersive, Engaging Healthcare.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 31, 2022

Venture funding can be one health indicator in any sector. On that measure, AR and VR startup funding was up 229 percent year-over-year in 2021 to $3.9 What does this say about industry lifecycle? We jump in. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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VRScout

JULY 25, 2022

The post AR-Powered Hard Hats Could Improve Workers’ Health appeared first on VRScout. .” For more information you can check out a detailed breakdown of the device here. Image Credit: Hoyeon Shin, Siwook Lee, Seunghyun Hwang, Jihyun Hong.

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Road to VR

MARCH 10, 2022

Now the company says its baking support for Move into both Apple Health and the Oculus App itself. At some point in April, Meta says you’ll be able to opt in to check your Move stats outside of VR (like you can see below), either through the iOS Apple Health app, or the Oculus mobile app on both iOS or Android.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 15, 2023

Moth+Flame , a provider of immersive training technologies, has joined the global commemoration of Mental Health Awareness Month with a novel VR mental health solution. The New York City-based company has released a specialised immersive training category to address workplace-related mental health issues.

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ARPost

MAY 11, 2021

We know the common use cases for VR headsets: playing games , working with colleagues , and checking in with your brain health. REACT Neuro isn’t a VR company – it’s a health company. Specifically, brain health. The company was founded to rethink how we assess brain health, primarily in the case of people with concussions.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

XRHealth and HTC VIVE are set to blast off with a groundbreaking solution in a major partnership to help astronauts tackle mental health issues. HTC VIVE will configure specifications of some of its VIVE Focus 3 headsets to the conditions of microgravity in space, allowing astronauts to use the device for their mental health during missions.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Virtual reality is already being used on the ground to help prepare astronauts for the rigors of space, although now HTC says it’s sending its standalone VR headset Vive Focus 3 to the International Space Station (ISS) to help support the mental health of astronauts during their mission.

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ARPost

MAY 29, 2023

Strivr’s VR Training Platform Addresses Employee Mental Health Strivr has partnered with Reulay and Healium in hosting its first in-headset mental health and well-being applications on the VR training platform. GenAI will also aid HR and L&D leaders in critical decision-making by deriving insights from immersive user data.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 15, 2023

Moth+Flame , a provider of immersive training technologies, has joined the global commemoration of Mental Health Awareness Month with a novel VR mental health solution. The New York City-based company has released a specialised immersive training category to address workplace-related mental health issues.

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Tech Trends VR

JANUARY 21, 2019

There are over 300 peer-reviewed studies that show VR is an effective tool for treating mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and addiction. There are over 300 peer-reviewed studies that show VR is an effective tool for treating mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and addiction Click To Tweet.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 28, 2022

This Monday, Rocket VR (virtual reality) Health announced its participation in Newchip’s global accelerator program designed to fund, build, and scale start-ups and companies. We are excited for Rocket VR Health and believe they will be well positioned to take advantage of our fast-expanding global ecosystem at Newchip.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 21, 2022

Emplomind , a global provider of accessible, on-demand mental health coaching, recently announced it was set to launch a first-ever Metaverse Mental Health Hub. According to the company, roughly 75 percent of young people failed to receive sufficient access to mental health support, sparking demand for new mental health solutions.

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ARVR

MAY 4, 2022

Venture funding can be one health indicator in any sector. Though venture funding is an indicator (sometimes lagging) of sector health, the sheer dollars being spent is steered by several other economic factors. So quantity of deals may be a more fitting health check. AR and VR are no exception.

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ARPost

AUGUST 20, 2019

In recent years, researchers have been exploring VR’s potential to treat mental health disorders. While there’s a long way to go, VR has already proven to be quite a useful tool for mental health treatment. Here, we explore how virtual reality can improve care for mental health disorders. Diagnosis of Mental Health Disorders.

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VRScout

APRIL 21, 2020

In the United Kingdom, the country’s National Health Service (NHS) is having to quickly redeploy doctors and nurses from other disciplines as well as those coming out of retirement to provide support in the Intensive Care Units. “It Image Credit: Getty Images / FundamentalVR.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2018

There are over 300 peer-reviewed studies that show VR is an effective tool for treating mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and addiction. From helping passengers chill out during long-haul flights to AI-powered virtual therapists , VR-based mental health technology is a very promising space indeed.

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ARPost

APRIL 16, 2020

Mental health treatments will become more effective and available to a larger number of patients thanks to VR technology. These data are put in context against various statistics of traditional mental health therapy. These data are put in context against various statistics of traditional mental health therapy.

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ARPost

JUNE 6, 2022

Health and Wellness Applications of XR. Using VR to Understand Health Conditions. Healthcare and Wellness was its own track at AWE. Covering this track exclusively would have been a worthwhile effort. But, with so much to see at AWE, only a few talks received the attention that they deserved.

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Tech Trends VR

APRIL 8, 2019

Why extended Reality (xR) is an Effective Tool for Environmental Health and Safety Training: A Brain Science Analysis. A critical function in nearly all industrial and manufacturing settings is to provide high-quality and effective training in environmental health and safety (EHS). Follow him on Twitter @wtoddmaddox.

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EON Reality

JANUARY 4, 2024

Healthy Living Reimagined: EON AI Health Assistant – Your Guide to a Healthier, Happier You. IRVINE, CA – January 4 , 2024 – In the quest for helping individuals lead a healthier and more balanced life, EON Reality is excited to announce the launch of the EON AI Health Assistant. For further information, visit www.eonreality.com.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 1, 2020

Today I have made a shocking discovery that I think all the VR community should be aware of because millions of lives are at a risk: VR Porn can have very bad consequences for your health. The post EXCLUSIVE: VR Porn proved to be very dangerous for your health appeared first on The Ghost Howls. A link is also much appreciated.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Apple could reportedly use Vision Pro to detect health issues. Ma's reporting suggests Apple is hiring health experts to research whether the company could connect face and eye tracking data to health-related features of the Vision Pro. Apple has put a strong focus on fitness and health in Apple Watch.

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Slashgear

JULY 26, 2021

While it has been singing praises about its work on protecting users’ privacy, it has also been designing its iPhones and Apple Watches to record and store health-related data, from activity tracking to biometrics monitoring. Apple’s mobile ecosystem has been marked by two main pillars in the past few years.

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Slashgear

MAY 2, 2022

The Apple Watch is already the best smartwatch on the market, and it looks like the next-generation version will be even more powerful with a new health tool.

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EON Reality

DECEMBER 4, 2023

EON Reality enhances its EON SoftSkills platform with AI-driven features for Mental Health and Relationships to support well-being and interpersonal skills. By integrating these new features into the EON SoftSkills platform, EON Reality is setting a new standard for mental health support and relationship coaching in the digital age.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Often the issues are complex and can seem overwhelming, especially for people already under stress with health worries. The post Report: VR Enabling Better Health appeared first on Tech Trends. Every day thousands of patients are tasked with making critical decisions about their healthcare. Follow him on Twitter @wtoddmaddox.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 11, 2022

Health informatics broadly describes the streamlining of patient data processes and the administration of health care; it is an interdisciplinary field that is dedicated to fixing the health data ecosystem, thereby improving care for all patients. Data-driven approaches will overhaul older forms of medical record… Read more.

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Slashgear

JUNE 29, 2022

Studies show that reducing noise pollution by switching to electric vehicles could have a net positive effect on a person's health.

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GizModo VR

JULY 23, 2022

The World Health Organization has declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) over the current global outbreak of monkeypox. The declaration comes amid an ongoing rise in cases from dozens of countries this year, including over 2,000 cases reported in the United States. Read more.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Samsung Electronics has recently signed a partnership with Korean VR studio FNI and Gangnam Severance Hospital, one of South Korea’s largest hospitals, to develop VR-based mental health diagnosis programs for Samsung Gear VR. The post Samsung is Developing VR Tools to Help Diagnose Mental Health appeared first on Road to VR.

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Bernard Marr

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Health and fitness technology is big business – the market for fitness tracker devices alone is forecast to come close to $100 billion by the end of 2025. Health and Fitness in the Metaverse What is the metaverse? Here’s my overview of what will be the most important tech trends in this area over the next 12 months.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2017

According to Aaron Stanton, director of the newly-founded Virtual Reality Institute of Health and Exercise , many of the popular VR games and applications are actually more effective at burning calories than a traditional treadmill exercise routine. Thus, the potential health benefits of VR is likely much higher than traditional gaming. “We

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JANUARY 9, 2024

Last month, the Seattle Department of Labor & Industries issued a citation against Meta’s Reality Labs’ division to highlight health and safety hazards at its Matrix testing facility, potentially closing the space until Meta meets its working standards or if the Menlo Park-based firm can combat the decision.

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Program Ace

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Learn the benefits and side effects of the rising importance of the metaverse for our mental health. How does the metaverse impact our mental well-being?

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