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Title: Better Than Opioids? Virtual Reality Could Be Your next Painkiller
Author: Rachel Metz
Narrator: Joe Knezevich
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-29-16
Publisher: MIT Technology Review
Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio
Summary:
Not so far in the future, your doctor might prescribe playing a few games in virtual reality to ease aches and pains, rather than popping a pill. Thats Matthew Stoudts hope, anyway. Hes the CEO of AppliedVR, a startup thats building a library of virtual-reality content for alleviating pain and anxiety before, during, and after medical procedures. The company is working with hospitals and doctors to get patients using the technology on Samsungs Gear VR headset and to study its effectiveness as well.
"Better Than Opioids? Virtual Reality Could Be Your next Painkiller" is from technologyreview.com, published on July 18, 2016.
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