extended reality

Person using a virtual reality headset with their arms extended above their head
By  Jessica Hagen 05:28 pm April 23, 2024
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the launch of a new initiative, Home as a Health Care Hub, that focuses on using augmented reality and virtual reality to improve health equity by reimagining the home environment as part of a healthcare system.  The FDA contracted with an architectural firm that designs buildings with health and equity in mind to consider what will be needed to...
Person wearing a virtual reality headset with their hand extended toward the camera
By  Jessica Hagen 03:00 pm January 4, 2024
VMocion, a technology company focused on allowing users to "feel" the motion they see in extended reality (XR) experiences, announced it secured $3 million in seed funding.  AZ Crown and Mayo Clinic participated in the round. Eric Crown of Insight Enterprises will join the company's board of directors.   WHAT IT DOES VMocion's 3V technologies provide users with a sense of physical motion while in...
Soldier in uniform with his back turned while hugging someone not in uniform
By  Jessica Hagen 02:47 pm December 20, 2023
California-based virtual reality therapeutic company AppliedVR announced it secured an expanded contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs via its Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning, dubbed VA Immersive, to provide veterans with VR-based chronic low back pain therapies.  AppliedVR's RelieVRx (formerly EaseVRx) received FDA De Novo clearance in 2021 to be used in the treatment...
Person in a clinical setting lying in bed with their hand raised while wearing a virtual reality headset
By  Jessica Hagen 05:28 pm October 19, 2023
Boston-based virtual reality platform XRHealth announced it distributed hundreds of virtual reality headsets across 30 hospitals, assisted living and mental health centers, and nursing homes in Israel to assist patients suffering from stress, PTSD and anxiety.  XRHealth's platform allows patients to receive recommended therapies for mental and physical conditions via a virtual reality headset....