virtual reality
Virtual Reality in healthcare simulation: best practices, product demos, research updates and more.
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Surgical SimulatorsSeptember 16, 2024Surgical Simulation Industry First: HaptX Gloves Provide Haptic Feedback for VR Training with Fundamental Surgery
In what may be an absolute first for the surgical simulation industry, Fundamental Surgery just demonstrated the ability to integrate…
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Virtual RealitySeptember 16, 2024How Virtual Reality Trains Situational Awareness in Healthcare Simulation
Virtual Reality provides the ideal tool for healthcare simulation situational awareness training because it engages multiple learning systems in the…
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PCSJanuary 9, 2026VERA Shows Us the Future of Healthcare Simulation Communications Training @IMSH2019: VR Patients with AI
Over the last three days, thousands of healthcare simulation champions from around the world came together at IMSH 2019 to…
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ObstetricsSeptember 17, 2024University of Newcastle Australia Creates Healthcare Learning VR Simulations
VR Training has a strong future in Healthcare Simulation, as the University of Newcastle Australia has demonstrated with two new…
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HTC ViveJanuary 9, 2026VR Simulation Training Is Now A Reality with ‘Fire in the OR’ from Health Scholars
Health Scholars has launched the first commercially available virtual reality (VR) training simulation for operating room fire prevention and management to…
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Surgical SimulatorsSeptember 16, 2024Verge Covers How Haptic Feedback is Making VR Surgery Feel Real
Recently the popular website Verge covered the recent US launch of FundamentalVR, whose founders compare the realism of their product…
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HealthcareSeptember 17, 2024Is Substance Abuse Treatment Possible Through Simulated Environments in Virtual Reality?
Can we treat substance abuse through Virtual Reality technology? Today’s Guest Author Patrick Bailey submitted an article to share how…
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Mixed RealityAugust 30, 2024Now We Can Render Ourselves Into Mixed VR Thanks to Imverse
What if we could render our own bodies inside our VR experience, creating a more seemless transition between the two…
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Extended RealitySeptember 16, 2024SimforHealth Provides MedicActiV VR Training for Healthcare Professionals – Exclusive Video Interview
At SESAM Paris last year HealthySim had an opportunity to interview the award winning team from SimforHealth about their VR…
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Virtual RealityJune 5, 2025Virtual Medical Coaching Provides VR Radiographic Simulation Training
New Zealand based Virtual Medical Coaching has launched VR based simulated radiography training taking advantage of 3d-spacing to train medial…
