Highlights from our Microsoft HoloLens Healthcare Industry Forum: 700+ Professionals from 56 Countries. See Top Sessions & Speakers.

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Microsoft HoloLens Healthcare Industry Forum, virtual event on June 7, 2022.

Ticket holders can access the video recordings here

We had over 700 professionals from 56 countries participate!

Featured Speakers included:

• Dr. David Rhew, WW GM Healthcare/Chief Medical Officer, Microsoft

• Megan Augustine, Director, St. Lukes University Health Network

• Dr. Robert Hannan, Cardiovascular Surgeon, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital

• Amar Patel, Chief Learning Officer, CAE

• Andreas Fessler, Chief Business Officer, CMO and Director, apoQlar USA Inc.

• Ted Dinsmore, President, SphereGen

Check out our upcoming events here

Call for Sponsors for our VRARA Healthcare Forum on Dec 16 (Online Event)

Register here

Email info@thevrara.com for sponsorship opportunities

ONLINE EVENT
Starts 12pm EST / 17:00 GMT

The VRARA Healthcare Forum brings together the best minds in the Virtual & Augmented Reality ecosystem in the medical sector! Meet the top vendors and end-users who are leading in this space!

In addition to presentations and demos, we will have the best-in-class online networking! We will have group networking, plus, a 1-on-1 networking area that will enable you to connect on video with all the Speakers & Sponsors and other executives attending, where you can preview each other's credentials and bio, and talk business!

We expect 200+ executives from leading vendors and top brands/end-users.

Confirmed end-users/brands include: Mayo Clinic among many others!

More info and Register here

Oxford Medical Simulation is using Virtual Reality to transform training and education in healthcare

Come meet us at the VR/AR Global Summit Nov 1-2

It is worth noting that Oxford Medical Simulation work with healthcare institutions globally is to enable VR-based education experiences. Contact jessica@oxfordmedicalsimulation.com who would be happy to discuss case studies that include these institutions more specifically!

The optimal method of clinical training is simulation - where the learner is placed in an immersive and engaging environment in which to practice as if in real life. Simulation is effective and has proven benefits on clinical performance and subsequent patient care. However, physical simulation is expensive, time and space consuming. It is only available in larger centres and needs to be led by faculty, meaning it cannot be scaled to deliver flexible training when needed by clinicians.

Oxford Medical Simulation began exploring other methods of delivering the benefits of physical simulation in a scalable, accessible manner. The one technology that has the power to immerse participants in fully interactive, immersive environments that feels real, is virtual reality (VR).

That is what Oxford Medical Simulation does. Learners see patients in virtual reality and do what they would do in real life - history, examinations, investigations, interpretation of results, diagnosis and treatment, all the while interacting with their virtual team. The patient, vitals, labs and clinical team adapt depending on learner actions and - thanks to in-built artificial intelligence - respond as they would in real life.

As in physical simulation, once the scenario is completed, the learner receives a debrief - either guided by the system or by faculty - and feedback on what they have done during the simulation. This data is made available to both the learner and the institution through the in-built analytics system. Learners can use the data to track progress, link to learning portfolios and identify areas for further improvement. Institutions use it to help identify struggling students in order to offer further opportunities for learning and practice.

The entire system is customizable to allow institutions to build learning packages around the scenarios.

The team behind Oxford Medical Simulation - comprised of clinicians, medical educators and technology and game developers - has focused on creating experiences that feel completely real - from hospital environments to clinically accurate behaviours to the amount patients sweat as their temperature increases. This all-encompassing sensory experience creates a deep cognitive and emotional connection to a scenario which brings about true experiential learning.

Member Precision OS Announces Series A Funding of $2.3 Million to Advance Surgical Training Platform

Original Article from BIV, written by Tyler Orton

Precision OS announced November 15 the Series A funding round was led by AO Invest. Other undisclosed investors also participated.

“Precision OS technology is working to create a virtual language able to add depth of understanding that simply cannot be achieved using current simulation tools,” Precision OS co-founder and CEO Dr. Danny Goel, an orthopedic surgeon by trade, said in a statement.

“Adopting VR as a way of improving decision-making is directly relevant for patients and value-based care.”

Precision OS produces what it calls “the most immersive and realistic form of deliberate surgical practice.”

It’s now in the midst of developing a tool allowing surgeons to introduce images of specific patient’s anatomy to the software before conducting a procedure.

Funding is also being used to bolster distribution partnerships and create additional content for trainees.

The company, which was founded in 2017, is among the 200-plus firms developing VR applications that have sprung up in Metro Vancouver over the past three years.

Switzerland-based AO Invest is the venture capital arm of the AO Foundation, a network of more than 19,000 surgeons and scientists in orthopedics and trauma.

VRARA Member Stambol Studios partners with Health & Technology District to Create XR LAB to Embrace VR/AR

Health & Technology District Creates XR LAB to Embrace Emerging Technologies in Partnership with Conquer Experience and Stambol Studios

New XR LAB leverages mixed reality & emerging technologies to inspire healthcare solutions

Surrey, BC – May X, 2018 – The Health and Technology District, together with Conquer Experience and Stambol Studios, are launching a new XR LAB, a demo studio leveraging mixed realities and other emerging exponential technologies to inspire future healthcare collaborations. 

Located within the District’s HealthTech Innovation HUB in Surrey, the new dedicated XR LAB offers a fully equipped virtual reality workspace where companies can get access to mixed reality demo opportunities, shared spaces and facilities, workshops and programs and a whole suite of business services as part of the HealthTech Innovation HUB’s amenity offerings. 

Users of the XR LAB have the opportunity to co-locate with innovative thought leaders at the District, to built and inspire creative health and wellness collaborations and encourage the cross-pollination of forward-thinking ideas that bring real world healthcare solutions to patients everywhere. 

“The new XR LAB is a new venture and a natural fit for Conquer as we rebrand and transition into new markets leveraging our core virtual reality strengths and successes,” says Angela Robert, CEO and Co-Founder of Conquer Experience, formerly Conquer Mobile. “BC is at the forefront of innovative technologies and Surrey has a rapidly growing health and technology presence. The XR LAB and the resources at the HealthTech Innovation HUB will help advance health-tech innovations and further the successes of companies within the District.” 

Building upon Conquer Experience and Stambol Studios’ BC-built virtual reality successes, the XR LAB attracts businesses, entrepreneurs and emerging start-ups to use the highly specialized equipment within the LAB to build mixed realities in the areas of health and wellness and beyond as BC builds and commercializes disruptive global solutions in health. 

“We are pleased to partner with the Health and Technology District and Conquer Experience to showcase our mixed reality technologies and applications related to the District,” says Dogu Taskiran, CEO of Stambol Studios. “Immersive mixed reality technologies can provide creative solutions and bring to life various environments that benefit a variety of industries, including healthcare. We look forward to creating applications that will further innovate the health and wellness space utilizing various exponential technologies.” 

The XR LAB complements the Health and Technology District’s unique ecosystem that supports the collaboration, experimentation and innovation in health and wellness experiences that will have profound impacts in the future of health care services, delivery, training and most importantly, experiences. 

Technologies from the XR LAB will be showcased at the Health and Technology District’s booth at the upcoming BCTECH Summit taking place May 14-16 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. 

About the Health and Technology District: 

The Health and Technology District is one of BC’s most rapidly growing and dynamic new health-tech sectors located in Surrey’s emerging innovation ecosystem. It has a unique advantage being ideally located directly across from Surrey Memorial Hospital, one of Canada’s busiest hospitals where a collaborative cluster of multinational and start-up companies, international partners, clinical and research facilities, scientists, innovators and entrepreneurs, work together in partnership to accelerate the implementation of technologies and solutions towards health care impacts and improvements. www.healthandtechnologydistrict.com

About Conquer Experience: 

Conquer Experience (www.conquerexperience.com) is a digital simulation company focused on delivering ‘Education as an Experience’™. With deep expertise in UX, VR and simulation gaming, the company has created the Experience Platform™ that brings learning to life. Our award winning product PeriopSim (www.periopsim.com) is built on the Experience Platform, available on the iPad, HTC VIVE and Windows Mixed Reality headset and has been used in over 200 North American Hospitals, saving dollars and improving patient safety from day one. PeriopSim is the subject of the top ranking international peer reviewed academic research paper on BMC Medical Education. 

PeriopSim (www.periopsim.com) is an award-winning digital simulation training solution for clinicians who need to learn surgical instruments, passing technique, sharps safety, sterile technique and procedures. The product enables surgical staff to practice safely before surgery. PeriopSim was part of an 18-month pilot program with the Association of Perioperative Nurses (AORN). 

About Stambol Studios: 

Stambol is a distinguished creative technology studio specializing in highly immersive content and interactive applications for architecture & real estate marketing, enterprise and brand engagement applications through Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. Headquartered in BC, Stambol Studios employs a team of dedicated artists, designers and engineers with a proven track record of success to create inspiring and memorable virtual experiences for businesses to showcase their products and brands. www.stambol.com

Mativision joins the VR/AR Association

With offices in New York, London, and Athens, Mativision provides truly immersive experiences for brands and businesses by giving them the ability to film and broadcast in full 360˚ vision and Virtual Reality (VR). Mativision has spent more than 10 years developing the world’s end-to-end technology that can stream live directly to VR from multiple synchronized 360-degree cameras, a technology that places Mativision in the forefront of the VR revolution.

Mativision's mission it to build the future of VR in Medical Education & Training through the VRinOR® mobile platform.  More info here .