Virtual agents (VAs) and immersive virtual reality (VR) applications broaden the
opportunities for accessing healthcare by transposing certain processes from the analogue …

With decades of experience in simulation, the health professions are comparatively well
versed in virtual environments for training. More broadly, there is a growing body of …

Objectives: This paper intends to investigate the role of virtual reality (VR) in medicine. In
particular it outlines the current state of research and technology that is relevant to the …

The digitization of health care promises an improvement of medical care through the
adoption of virtual reality (VR) related technologies. Although most undergoing mechanisms …

This paper examines the integration of VR into healthcare settings, focusing on its
transformative impact on patient education, treatment outcomes, and future perspectives …

We are entering a new age where people routinely visit, inhabit, play in and learn within
virtual worlds (VWs). One in eight people worldwide are VW participants, according to the …

124| Healio. com/Psychiatry PSYCHIATRIC ANNALS 43: 3| MARCH 2013 ment. A brief
discussion will follow that details work developing and evaluating virtual human agents in …

Motivated by rising demands for medical care and the recent trends in medical care delivery,
this work designs, develops, and evaluates the augmented virtual doctor office (AVDO) …

Recent improvements in virtual reality (VR) allow for the representation of authentic
environments and multiple users in a shared complex virtual world in real time. These …

In recent years, the applications and accessibility of Virtual Reality (VR) for the healthcare
sector have continued to grow. However, so far, most VR applications are only relevant in …