Esqapes Immersive Relaxation is a first-of-its-kind, VR augmented spa. Angeles Vista Creative Ventures, LLC combined beautifully crafted VR worlds with automation and traditional wellness practices. They accomplish this by pairing exotic virtual environments with extra sensory components including wind, heat and aromatherapy, all while receiving a full-body massage. Each Esqape environment is specifically designed to stimulate multiple senses with the goal of helping the mind and body to relax. Immersive Relaxation is a novel method of immersing users into a virtual environment, while ushering them into a heightened state of relaxation. Using this system taps into the key senses that people use to evaluate their surroundings (sight, sound, smell, touch) which in turn helps them to relax and feel comfortable.

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VR for Psychosis Research and Treatment: Using VR for Understanding Risk factors for Paranoid Ideation in Young People

Short description

The project is an application that simulates a school canteen in a VR environment for young people between 14 and 16 years old.

The VR experience contains different ambiguous social situations that may trigger paranoid ideation in adolescents when using it. By doing so, the therapist can assess the degree to which individuals experience paranoid ideation to these situations.

The application was developed for Belgian adolescents, complementing the first trial deployed in the UK 2 years ago.

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OBJECTIVE

• To offer businesses a portable VR-based training solution, along with a companion trainer app that manages students and courses.
• Increase productivity and profitability across their training platforms.
• Adding an additional revenue stream for St John Ambulance through the VR training course.
• Creating a cost effective and time efficient solution that will train teachers, employees and students in CPR with a reduced training time of 75%.
• To increase the percentage of bystanders who feel comfortable and confident enough to deliver First Aid.

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The Challenge

Until recently, radiographers have only been able to improve their skills using an actual CT scanner. But access to these scanners is very limited due to their relative scarcity and patient demand. So GE Healthcare wanted help creating a VR environment that opened up more opportunities for their trainees – not only by increasing the number of practical training hours but also by training radiographers in more procedures.

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Stealth Products and Underminer Studios teamed up to develop a VR simulation to train new power wheelchair (PWC) drivers by creating a driving simulator experience in virtual reality introducing gaming as an assessment tool for therapeutic uses with data and analytics output from the simulation.

“The team at Underminer Studios have been wonderful to work with. The knowledge they have in the VR space has helped us develop a life-changing tool.”
-Gabriel Romero, Director of Global Business Development at Quantum and Stealth Products

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Intercellular – learn more about your body.

Random42’s educational virtual reality experience takes you on an immersive journey inside the human body.

The experience takes a deeply engaging, cinematic approach towards an educational virtual reality experience, designed to educate the user with the fascinating and complex scientific processes that take place within the human body.

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Children have always been scared of shots. It was with that in mind that Ogilvy Brazil developed a project for Hermes Prdini Laboratory to immerse children in a game-like universe and make getting a shot less traumatic for them. In order to develop the content and ensure the best VR quality, Ogilvy Brazil challenged VZ Lab to create a story that could ease the kids’ fear of needles.

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Zimmer Biomet – Medical Device: Zimmer Biomet is an innovative leader in creating orthopedic medical devices and the healthcare industry. At the AAOS Conference (American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons), Zimmer Biomet showcased their Signature Solutions platform using a custom VR experience. The AAOS event is the world’s largest exhibition of orthopedic products.

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B. Braun Spine Days is an interactive Virtual Realiy application that offers an overview of lumbar spinal surgery using ENNOVATE^® and XP^®, two new products from B. Braun Melsungen AG.

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Lifehouse VR treatment: Start VR spearheaded a collaboration with Chris O’Brien Lifehouse and Samsung Australia to bring virtual reality experiences to patients undergoing chemotherapy. The aim was to use VR as “distraction therapy”, a means of easing the psychological and physical distress often associated with undergoing chemotherapy. More broadly, the Lifehouse VR Treatment Trial had, as its object, to explore the application of VR in a healthcare setting.

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