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04/26/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Virtual escape: Hospital in-patients using VR to alleviate boredom, stress, pain

The medical industry is attempting to immerse itself in virtual reality (VR) technology in the hopes that it will improve patient outcomes. From remote surgeries to VR medical learning, the technology appears to have a variety of applications in health care. A more recent use found is using VR as a distraction tool for patients […]

12/30/2017 / By David Williams

Virtual reality poses very real safety and health risks, experts say

Virtual reality: is it merely a fad or is it truly here to stay? The thing about virtual reality — or VR, as many prefer to call it — is that it’s not one single gadget. It’s not just the headset, nor is it just the content that’s being beamed onto a user’s eyeballs. VR […]

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