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Parenting in the hospital is stressful. Moms and dads naturally focus on their ill child, sometimes to the neglect of their own mental health. A Stanford Medicine team has found an effective way to ...

Bradley and Montgomery (BaM), an independent creative agency, recently unveiled a first-of-its-kind virtual reality (VR) room that depicts a patient’s room at Riley Hospital for Children. The virtual ...

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is using virtual reality to improve patient experience during procedures and reduce medication used. Here are five things to know: 1. The hospital is using VR to help ...

Pulse Design Group, a health care architecture firm, uses VR to test hospital and clinic designs. Instead of rolling out a series of blueprints for clients, Steve Biegun has them put on a headset.

Virtual reality is starting to pay off in the medical field, as one major VR pilot test is being expanded to train more doctors. In 2016, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) partnered with Facebook ...

Marrian Zhou is a Beijing-born Californian living in New York City. She joined CNET as a staff reporter upon graduation from Columbia Journalism School. When Marrian is not reporting, she is probably ...

The Innovation Institute at Hospital for Special Surgery has announced a partnership with VR Electronics Ltd. to develop the next generation of wearable, full-body technology designed to enhance ...

Fixing the smallest hearts is always a challenge, but Cincinnati Children’s has developed a program to help physicians and patients through the difficult surgeries, using virtual reality. The hospital ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A former tech executive covering AI, XR and The Metaverse for Forbes. In Spring 2017, Olivia Davis, Assistant Curator for the ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Timothy Kenney on May 13, 2017 at 12 ...