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How VR Saves Lives in the OR

VRScout

ImmersiveTouch of Chicago, Illinois founded in 2005, is surgical simulation company that uses Vive and Rift Head Mounted Displays (HMDs), patient-specific anatomy and haptic (tactile) feedback in order to train surgeons and team members, and educate patients themselves. These are people who pay fifty thousand dollars to make a video.”

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.07.28): Valve Index is now available immediately, Oculus and Magic Leap update their devices and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Valve was partnering with Flex to produce its headsets in Illinois, but now a source of mine says that only the base stations result made in USA. More info (Magic Leap One updates) More info (Magic Leap One updates) More info (Video of hand occlusion) More info (Undersea) More info ( Puzzlar ). More info (Full video).