IVRHA

Easing Patient Fears of Radiation Treatment, Via Virtual Reality by Daphne Sashin For a patient facing radiation therapy for cancer, the process is filled with unknowns. They might wonder about the radiation itself—will it burn? Then there’s the face mask for head and neck cancer patients—will it be tolerable? And those radiation placement tattoos— will they hurt? The uncertainty can be overwhelming for someone already...

Drury University’s Hammons School of Architecture and International Virtual Reality Healthcare Association Host Medical VR/AR Exposition Drury University recently hosted a groundbreaking Medical Virtual Reality Exposition in collaboration with the International Virtual Reality Healthcare Association (IVRHA) at the Hammons School of Architecture (HSA), featuring innovative...

Virtual Reality Technology and Rehabilitation Care By Sabrina Small Virtual reality (VR) technology has been increasingly used in rehabilitation and therapy over the last decade. This paper reviews the literature on the use of VR technology in the context of rehabilitation and therapy, including physical and mental...

Survey of Motion Sickness Mitigation Efforts in Virtual Reality By Benton Lane Virtual reality, all things being equal, is still a relatively new technology that immerses users in a simulated environment. While VR has enormous potential in various fields such as education, gaming, and therapy, motion sickness...

Haptic Enabled: The Next Frontier in Immersive Video New research from Futuresource and InterDigital details how the latest generation of haptic technology is redefining immersive experiences and evolving digital devices Haptics, or the sense of touch, is increasingly being incorporated into the connected experience to enhance communications,...