virtual reality

Healthcare provider wearing a virtual reality headset while touching a virtual screen
By  Jessica Hagen 12:39 pm January 9, 2024
Boston-based virtual reality platform XRHealth announced it secured $6 million in funding, led by Asabys Partners, with participation from NOVA Prime Fund and the company's current investors.  WHAT IT DOES XRHealth's platform allows patients with stress and anxiety, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, and neurological conditions to connect with a provider via telehealth and receive recommended therapies...
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 lying on a couch with their hand on their forehead with their eyes closed
By  Jessica Hagen 01:42 pm November 20, 2023
VR behavioral health platform BehaVR is merging with virtual chronic care-management company Fern Health to form RealizedCare, a digital care-management platform for chronic pain powered by digital therapeutics.   BehaVR developed mental and behavioral health prescription digital therapeutics, which include treatments for pain, stress, anxiety and addiction. The Tennessee-based company also...
Two astronauts floating above earth in space reaching for each other
By  Nathan Eddy 11:41 am November 6, 2023
Virtual reality-based mental health company XRHealth revealed plans to send a VR headset to space for mental health treatment during an upcoming space mission launching on November 7. In collaboration with Nord-Space Aps and HTC Vive, XRHealth engineered the Vive Focus 3 headset to withstand the conditions of space by using a simulator mode and specialized tracking methodology through the...
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....
Person looking at digital images on a wall
By  Jessica Hagen 04:01 pm July 10, 2023
U.K.-based immersive technology company FourPlus announced it garnered funding from the U,K.'s national innovation agency, dubbed Innovate UK, to create a mixed reality training platform for pharma companies and the healthcare sector.  FourPlus' immersive technology, including its virtual reality experiences, is used within the life sciences sector for workforce management, 3D asset visualization...
Sarah Hill, CEO of Healium
By  Jessica Hagen 01:41 pm July 3, 2023
Healium, which offers reactive virtual and augmented reality experiences that adjust according to neurofeedback from a user's body, received $3.6 million in seed funding earlier this year and signed an agreement with Mayo Clinic for the development of immersive mental health and fitness experiences.  Sarah Hill, CEO of Healium, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss the Missouri-based company's...
Two people sitting in a room, one with their head down
By  Jessica Hagen 02:05 pm April 24, 2023
Boston-based virtual reality platform XRHealth and Barcelona-based Amelia Virtual Care, a VR platform for mental health professionals, announced their intention to merge into one company under the XRHealth brand name.  XRHealth's platform allows patients on the autism spectrum and those with stress and anxiety, chronic pain, fibromyalgia and neurological conditions to connect with a provider via...
Justin Barad, founder and CEO of Osso VR
By  Jessica Hagen 10:26 am April 14, 2023
Osso VR is a virtual reality surgical training and assessment platform that allows users to practice surgical techniques independently or with a team in an immersive environment.  The company's founder and CEO, Dr. Justin Barad, who is also a practicing pediatric orthopedic surgeon at UCLA's Orthopaedic Institute for Children, spoke with MobiHealthNews about Osso VR's fundraising and what the...