Incredible VR goggles allow NHS surgeons to BEAM patients’ scans onto their bodies mid-operation to create a ‘road map’

NHS surgeons now use incredible virtual reality goggles to see patients’ scans on their bodies and create a “road map” while ...
Futurism

Surgeons Use Apple VR Headset During Spinal Operation

A surgery team in the UK successfully utilized the recently-released Apple Vision Pro to assist spinal surgery — a fascinating use case for the augmented reality (AR) headsets that goes far beyond ...
ZDNet

This AR headset is changing how surgeons see inside their patients

A loupe is a small optical magnifying device that surgeons, jewelers, watchmakers, and anyone working with the fine details of small items can use to magnify and provide close-up views. Loupes can be ...
NBC New York

Meta's VR technology is helping to train surgeons and treat patients, though costs remain a hurdle

Surgeons are using Meta's Quest 2 to simulate procedures, allowing doctors to practice from home. Virtual reality technologies have gained adoption in the area of pain management. Medical schools are ...
MobiHealthNews

AR, VR and specialized surgeons are advancing surgery and patient safety

Putting aside sci-fi projections of the ‘rise of the machines’ and romantic visions of near-humanised droids, here we look at the current and future applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and ...
KOIN 6

VR technology helps OHSU students, surgeons visualize pediatric heart defects

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Virtual reality headsets aren’t just for playing video games. At Oregon Health & Science University’s Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, doctors are using the technology to ...
MobiHealthNews

Giblib launches fully-VR CME course with Cedars-Sinai surgeons

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and LA-based Giblib have teamed up to offer what the organizations say is the first accredited continuing medical education (CME) course delivered entirely ...
Becker's Hospital Review

J&J Institute launches VR training program for surgeons, nurses

The Johnson & Johnson Institute rolled out a global virtual reality training program for surgeons and nurses, the company announced June 6. The program includes three VR training modules simulating ...
Healio

How can a surgeon optimize the patient experience during WALANT hand surgery?

The patient experience has always been at the heart of surgical practice. Before the advent of modern anesthesia in the late 19th century, the surgeon–patient relationship was an intensely personal ...

5 things to do in virtual reality and 5 to avoid, as per a study

Virtual reality is a powerful, immersive tool with clear strengths but notable limits, says new research from Stanford. VR ...
New Atlas

Head zaps help surgeons transfer skills from VR to IRL

Researchers found that applying gentle, non-invasive electrical stimulation to the brain during virtual reality training helped budding surgeons to more easily transfer the skills they’d learned to a ...