Virtual Reality: A Radical Prescription

(BBC) Lucy Hooker - Firms are now exploring wider applications for virtual reality: confronting phobias, physical and cognitive therapy, and replaying combat scenarios to help servicemen and women manage post-traumatic stress disorder. According to Miki Levy, co-founder of Israeli start-up VRHealth, a firm that has five virtual reality applications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and further products in development, the new platform could save health services money by aiding faster recovery and keeping elderly patients more mobile.


2019-01-25 00:00:00

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