Health
Medical AR / VR
Medical AR / VR
[2/10]
SUMMARY
Immersive technologies like AR and VR are creating a new class of "digital therapeutics" and revolutionizing medical training. This playbook explores how they can improve patient outcomes, reduce risk in surgery, and provide non-pharmacological therapies.
Medical AR / VR
[3/10]
CONTEXT
Medical training, surgery, and patient therapy rely on physical tools, limited apprenticeship, and face-to-face interaction, which can be inefficient, risky, and difficult to scale.
Medical AR / VR
[4/10]
PROBLEM
Traditional methods have critical limitations: 1. Training Inefficiencies & Risk: Surgical training on cadavers is expensive and non-repeatable, and the apprenticeship model is slow, carrying inherent risks for the first live patients. 2. Limited Therapeutic Efficacy: Pain management often relies on opioids, while mental health therapies for phobias or PTSD are hard to scale and simulate effectively. 3. Poor Patient Education: Explaining complex procedures or conditions with 2D diagrams leads to poor patient understanding and anxiety.
Medical AR / VR
[5/10]
SOLUTION
Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) create immersive digital environments to transform medical practice: • Surgical Training & Assistance (VR/AR): VR allows for risk-free, repeatable surgical practice. AR overlays 3D anatomical models onto a patient during surgery for "x-ray vision." • Digital Therapeutics (VR): VR provides immersive therapy for pain management, anxiety disorders, phobias, and physical rehabilitation. • Patient & Medical Education: Immersive 3D models help students and patients understand complex anatomy and procedures.
Medical AR / VR
[6/10]
CHALLENGES
Full integration into healthcare is challenging: 1. Cost & Hardware Accessibility: High-end headsets and powerful computers are expensive, limiting adoption. 2. Content Creation & Validation: Creating medically accurate, high-fidelity simulations and therapeutic content is a specialized, costly, and lengthy process requiring clinical validation. 3. User Experience & Integration: "Cybersickness" can affect some users, and integrating AR/VR hardware into sterile operating rooms and clinical workflows is complex.
Medical AR / VR
[7/10]
TRENDS
The private sector is pioneering clinically-validated solutions: • VR Digital Therapeutics: AppliedVR has gained FDA approval for a prescription VR-based therapy for chronic pain, proving the model for "digiceuticals." • Haptic Surgical Simulation: FundamentalVR and Osso VR have created leading platforms that combine VR with haptics, allowing surgeons to feel procedures, selling these as a service to hospitals. • AR Surgical Navigation: Medivis and others are building FDA-cleared AR platforms that serve as a navigational aid in surgery, powered by hardware from Microsoft (HoloLens) and Magic Leap.
Medical AR / VR
[8/10]
OPPORTUNITY
AR/VR creates a new class of "digital therapeutics" and changes the standard of care in surgery. The healthcare AR/VR market is projected to exceed $10 billion by 2027, unlocking value by reducing medical errors, lowering training costs, and providing effective, non-pharmacological therapies.
Medical AR / VR
[9/10]
THE NEED
To make immersive tech a standard of care: • Regulators & Payers must establish clear frameworks for the clinical validation and reimbursement of AR/VR-based therapies and training platforms. • Medical Schools & Hospitals must integrate these technologies into their core curriculum and clinical workflows to standardize their use. • Hardware & Software Companies must collaborate to lower costs, improve user comfort, and create open platforms for easier medical application development.
Medical AR / VR
[10/10]
ACT NOW
Join our community of founders and investors at Evolvia unlocking exponential impact in this and several other emergent spaces.
Medical AR / VR
[2/10]
SUMMARY
Immersive technologies like AR and VR are creating a new class of "digital therapeutics" and revolutionizing medical training. This playbook explores how they can improve patient outcomes, reduce risk in surgery, and provide non-pharmacological therapies.
Medical AR / VR
[3/10]
CONTEXT
Medical training, surgery, and patient therapy rely on physical tools, limited apprenticeship, and face-to-face interaction, which can be inefficient, risky, and difficult to scale.
Medical AR / VR
[4/10]
PROBLEM
Traditional methods have critical limitations: 1. Training Inefficiencies & Risk: Surgical training on cadavers is expensive and non-repeatable, and the apprenticeship model is slow, carrying inherent risks for the first live patients. 2. Limited Therapeutic Efficacy: Pain management often relies on opioids, while mental health therapies for phobias or PTSD are hard to scale and simulate effectively. 3. Poor Patient Education: Explaining complex procedures or conditions with 2D diagrams leads to poor patient understanding and anxiety.
Medical AR / VR
[5/10]
SOLUTION
Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) create immersive digital environments to transform medical practice: • Surgical Training & Assistance (VR/AR): VR allows for risk-free, repeatable surgical practice. AR overlays 3D anatomical models onto a patient during surgery for "x-ray vision." • Digital Therapeutics (VR): VR provides immersive therapy for pain management, anxiety disorders, phobias, and physical rehabilitation. • Patient & Medical Education: Immersive 3D models help students and patients understand complex anatomy and procedures.
Medical AR / VR
[6/10]
CHALLENGES
Full integration into healthcare is challenging: 1. Cost & Hardware Accessibility: High-end headsets and powerful computers are expensive, limiting adoption. 2. Content Creation & Validation: Creating medically accurate, high-fidelity simulations and therapeutic content is a specialized, costly, and lengthy process requiring clinical validation. 3. User Experience & Integration: "Cybersickness" can affect some users, and integrating AR/VR hardware into sterile operating rooms and clinical workflows is complex.
Medical AR / VR
[7/10]
TRENDS
The private sector is pioneering clinically-validated solutions: • VR Digital Therapeutics: AppliedVR has gained FDA approval for a prescription VR-based therapy for chronic pain, proving the model for "digiceuticals." • Haptic Surgical Simulation: FundamentalVR and Osso VR have created leading platforms that combine VR with haptics, allowing surgeons to feel procedures, selling these as a service to hospitals. • AR Surgical Navigation: Medivis and others are building FDA-cleared AR platforms that serve as a navigational aid in surgery, powered by hardware from Microsoft (HoloLens) and Magic Leap.
Medical AR / VR
[8/10]
OPPORTUNITY
AR/VR creates a new class of "digital therapeutics" and changes the standard of care in surgery. The healthcare AR/VR market is projected to exceed $10 billion by 2027, unlocking value by reducing medical errors, lowering training costs, and providing effective, non-pharmacological therapies.
Medical AR / VR
[9/10]
THE NEED
To make immersive tech a standard of care: • Regulators & Payers must establish clear frameworks for the clinical validation and reimbursement of AR/VR-based therapies and training platforms. • Medical Schools & Hospitals must integrate these technologies into their core curriculum and clinical workflows to standardize their use. • Hardware & Software Companies must collaborate to lower costs, improve user comfort, and create open platforms for easier medical application development.
Medical AR / VR
[10/10]
ACT NOW
Join our community of founders and investors at Evolvia unlocking exponential impact in this and several other emergent spaces.
Medical AR / VR
[2/10]
SUMMARY
Immersive technologies like AR and VR are creating a new class of "digital therapeutics" and revolutionizing medical training. This playbook explores how they can improve patient outcomes, reduce risk in surgery, and provide non-pharmacological therapies.
Medical AR / VR
[3/10]
CONTEXT
Medical training, surgery, and patient therapy rely on physical tools, limited apprenticeship, and face-to-face interaction, which can be inefficient, risky, and difficult to scale.
Medical AR / VR
[4/10]
PROBLEM
Traditional methods have critical limitations: 1. Training Inefficiencies & Risk: Surgical training on cadavers is expensive and non-repeatable, and the apprenticeship model is slow, carrying inherent risks for the first live patients. 2. Limited Therapeutic Efficacy: Pain management often relies on opioids, while mental health therapies for phobias or PTSD are hard to scale and simulate effectively. 3. Poor Patient Education: Explaining complex procedures or conditions with 2D diagrams leads to poor patient understanding and anxiety.
Medical AR / VR
[5/10]
SOLUTION
Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) create immersive digital environments to transform medical practice: • Surgical Training & Assistance (VR/AR): VR allows for risk-free, repeatable surgical practice. AR overlays 3D anatomical models onto a patient during surgery for "x-ray vision." • Digital Therapeutics (VR): VR provides immersive therapy for pain management, anxiety disorders, phobias, and physical rehabilitation. • Patient & Medical Education: Immersive 3D models help students and patients understand complex anatomy and procedures.
Medical AR / VR
[6/10]
CHALLENGES
Full integration into healthcare is challenging: 1. Cost & Hardware Accessibility: High-end headsets and powerful computers are expensive, limiting adoption. 2. Content Creation & Validation: Creating medically accurate, high-fidelity simulations and therapeutic content is a specialized, costly, and lengthy process requiring clinical validation. 3. User Experience & Integration: "Cybersickness" can affect some users, and integrating AR/VR hardware into sterile operating rooms and clinical workflows is complex.
Medical AR / VR
[7/10]
TRENDS
The private sector is pioneering clinically-validated solutions: • VR Digital Therapeutics: AppliedVR has gained FDA approval for a prescription VR-based therapy for chronic pain, proving the model for "digiceuticals." • Haptic Surgical Simulation: FundamentalVR and Osso VR have created leading platforms that combine VR with haptics, allowing surgeons to feel procedures, selling these as a service to hospitals. • AR Surgical Navigation: Medivis and others are building FDA-cleared AR platforms that serve as a navigational aid in surgery, powered by hardware from Microsoft (HoloLens) and Magic Leap.
Medical AR / VR
[8/10]
OPPORTUNITY
AR/VR creates a new class of "digital therapeutics" and changes the standard of care in surgery. The healthcare AR/VR market is projected to exceed $10 billion by 2027, unlocking value by reducing medical errors, lowering training costs, and providing effective, non-pharmacological therapies.
Medical AR / VR
[9/10]
THE NEED
To make immersive tech a standard of care: • Regulators & Payers must establish clear frameworks for the clinical validation and reimbursement of AR/VR-based therapies and training platforms. • Medical Schools & Hospitals must integrate these technologies into their core curriculum and clinical workflows to standardize their use. • Hardware & Software Companies must collaborate to lower costs, improve user comfort, and create open platforms for easier medical application development.
Medical AR / VR
[10/10]
ACT NOW
Join our community of founders and investors at Evolvia unlocking exponential impact in this and several other emergent spaces.
Medical AR / VR
[2/10]
SUMMARY
Immersive technologies like AR and VR are creating a new class of "digital therapeutics" and revolutionizing medical training. This playbook explores how they can improve patient outcomes, reduce risk in surgery, and provide non-pharmacological therapies.
Medical AR / VR
[3/10]
CONTEXT
Medical training, surgery, and patient therapy rely on physical tools, limited apprenticeship, and face-to-face interaction, which can be inefficient, risky, and difficult to scale.
Medical AR / VR
[4/10]
PROBLEM
Traditional methods have critical limitations: 1. Training Inefficiencies & Risk: Surgical training on cadavers is expensive and non-repeatable, and the apprenticeship model is slow, carrying inherent risks for the first live patients. 2. Limited Therapeutic Efficacy: Pain management often relies on opioids, while mental health therapies for phobias or PTSD are hard to scale and simulate effectively. 3. Poor Patient Education: Explaining complex procedures or conditions with 2D diagrams leads to poor patient understanding and anxiety.
Medical AR / VR
[5/10]
SOLUTION
Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) create immersive digital environments to transform medical practice: • Surgical Training & Assistance (VR/AR): VR allows for risk-free, repeatable surgical practice. AR overlays 3D anatomical models onto a patient during surgery for "x-ray vision." • Digital Therapeutics (VR): VR provides immersive therapy for pain management, anxiety disorders, phobias, and physical rehabilitation. • Patient & Medical Education: Immersive 3D models help students and patients understand complex anatomy and procedures.
Medical AR / VR
[6/10]
CHALLENGES
Full integration into healthcare is challenging: 1. Cost & Hardware Accessibility: High-end headsets and powerful computers are expensive, limiting adoption. 2. Content Creation & Validation: Creating medically accurate, high-fidelity simulations and therapeutic content is a specialized, costly, and lengthy process requiring clinical validation. 3. User Experience & Integration: "Cybersickness" can affect some users, and integrating AR/VR hardware into sterile operating rooms and clinical workflows is complex.
Medical AR / VR
[7/10]
TRENDS
The private sector is pioneering clinically-validated solutions: • VR Digital Therapeutics: AppliedVR has gained FDA approval for a prescription VR-based therapy for chronic pain, proving the model for "digiceuticals." • Haptic Surgical Simulation: FundamentalVR and Osso VR have created leading platforms that combine VR with haptics, allowing surgeons to feel procedures, selling these as a service to hospitals. • AR Surgical Navigation: Medivis and others are building FDA-cleared AR platforms that serve as a navigational aid in surgery, powered by hardware from Microsoft (HoloLens) and Magic Leap.
Medical AR / VR
[8/10]
OPPORTUNITY
AR/VR creates a new class of "digital therapeutics" and changes the standard of care in surgery. The healthcare AR/VR market is projected to exceed $10 billion by 2027, unlocking value by reducing medical errors, lowering training costs, and providing effective, non-pharmacological therapies.
Medical AR / VR
[9/10]
THE NEED
To make immersive tech a standard of care: • Regulators & Payers must establish clear frameworks for the clinical validation and reimbursement of AR/VR-based therapies and training platforms. • Medical Schools & Hospitals must integrate these technologies into their core curriculum and clinical workflows to standardize their use. • Hardware & Software Companies must collaborate to lower costs, improve user comfort, and create open platforms for easier medical application development.
Medical AR / VR
[10/10]
ACT NOW
Join our community of founders and investors at Evolvia unlocking exponential impact in this and several other emergent spaces.
Medical AR / VR
[2/10]
SUMMARY
Immersive technologies like AR and VR are creating a new class of "digital therapeutics" and revolutionizing medical training. This playbook explores how they can improve patient outcomes, reduce risk in surgery, and provide non-pharmacological therapies.
Medical AR / VR
[3/10]
CONTEXT
Medical training, surgery, and patient therapy rely on physical tools, limited apprenticeship, and face-to-face interaction, which can be inefficient, risky, and difficult to scale.
Medical AR / VR
[4/10]
PROBLEM
Traditional methods have critical limitations: 1. Training Inefficiencies & Risk: Surgical training on cadavers is expensive and non-repeatable, and the apprenticeship model is slow, carrying inherent risks for the first live patients. 2. Limited Therapeutic Efficacy: Pain management often relies on opioids, while mental health therapies for phobias or PTSD are hard to scale and simulate effectively. 3. Poor Patient Education: Explaining complex procedures or conditions with 2D diagrams leads to poor patient understanding and anxiety.
Medical AR / VR
[5/10]
SOLUTION
Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) create immersive digital environments to transform medical practice: • Surgical Training & Assistance (VR/AR): VR allows for risk-free, repeatable surgical practice. AR overlays 3D anatomical models onto a patient during surgery for "x-ray vision." • Digital Therapeutics (VR): VR provides immersive therapy for pain management, anxiety disorders, phobias, and physical rehabilitation. • Patient & Medical Education: Immersive 3D models help students and patients understand complex anatomy and procedures.
Medical AR / VR
[6/10]
CHALLENGES
Full integration into healthcare is challenging: 1. Cost & Hardware Accessibility: High-end headsets and powerful computers are expensive, limiting adoption. 2. Content Creation & Validation: Creating medically accurate, high-fidelity simulations and therapeutic content is a specialized, costly, and lengthy process requiring clinical validation. 3. User Experience & Integration: "Cybersickness" can affect some users, and integrating AR/VR hardware into sterile operating rooms and clinical workflows is complex.
Medical AR / VR
[7/10]
TRENDS
The private sector is pioneering clinically-validated solutions: • VR Digital Therapeutics: AppliedVR has gained FDA approval for a prescription VR-based therapy for chronic pain, proving the model for "digiceuticals." • Haptic Surgical Simulation: FundamentalVR and Osso VR have created leading platforms that combine VR with haptics, allowing surgeons to feel procedures, selling these as a service to hospitals. • AR Surgical Navigation: Medivis and others are building FDA-cleared AR platforms that serve as a navigational aid in surgery, powered by hardware from Microsoft (HoloLens) and Magic Leap.
Medical AR / VR
[8/10]
OPPORTUNITY
AR/VR creates a new class of "digital therapeutics" and changes the standard of care in surgery. The healthcare AR/VR market is projected to exceed $10 billion by 2027, unlocking value by reducing medical errors, lowering training costs, and providing effective, non-pharmacological therapies.
Medical AR / VR
[9/10]
THE NEED
To make immersive tech a standard of care: • Regulators & Payers must establish clear frameworks for the clinical validation and reimbursement of AR/VR-based therapies and training platforms. • Medical Schools & Hospitals must integrate these technologies into their core curriculum and clinical workflows to standardize their use. • Hardware & Software Companies must collaborate to lower costs, improve user comfort, and create open platforms for easier medical application development.
Medical AR / VR
[10/10]
ACT NOW
Join our community of founders and investors at Evolvia unlocking exponential impact in this and several other emergent spaces.
Medical AR / VR
[2/10]
SUMMARY
Immersive technologies like AR and VR are creating a new class of "digital therapeutics" and revolutionizing medical training. This playbook explores how they can improve patient outcomes, reduce risk in surgery, and provide non-pharmacological therapies.
Medical AR / VR
[3/10]
CONTEXT
Medical training, surgery, and patient therapy rely on physical tools, limited apprenticeship, and face-to-face interaction, which can be inefficient, risky, and difficult to scale.
Medical AR / VR
[4/10]
PROBLEM
Traditional methods have critical limitations: 1. Training Inefficiencies & Risk: Surgical training on cadavers is expensive and non-repeatable, and the apprenticeship model is slow, carrying inherent risks for the first live patients. 2. Limited Therapeutic Efficacy: Pain management often relies on opioids, while mental health therapies for phobias or PTSD are hard to scale and simulate effectively. 3. Poor Patient Education: Explaining complex procedures or conditions with 2D diagrams leads to poor patient understanding and anxiety.
Medical AR / VR
[5/10]
SOLUTION
Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) create immersive digital environments to transform medical practice: • Surgical Training & Assistance (VR/AR): VR allows for risk-free, repeatable surgical practice. AR overlays 3D anatomical models onto a patient during surgery for "x-ray vision." • Digital Therapeutics (VR): VR provides immersive therapy for pain management, anxiety disorders, phobias, and physical rehabilitation. • Patient & Medical Education: Immersive 3D models help students and patients understand complex anatomy and procedures.
Medical AR / VR
[6/10]
CHALLENGES
Full integration into healthcare is challenging: 1. Cost & Hardware Accessibility: High-end headsets and powerful computers are expensive, limiting adoption. 2. Content Creation & Validation: Creating medically accurate, high-fidelity simulations and therapeutic content is a specialized, costly, and lengthy process requiring clinical validation. 3. User Experience & Integration: "Cybersickness" can affect some users, and integrating AR/VR hardware into sterile operating rooms and clinical workflows is complex.
Medical AR / VR
[7/10]
TRENDS
The private sector is pioneering clinically-validated solutions: • VR Digital Therapeutics: AppliedVR has gained FDA approval for a prescription VR-based therapy for chronic pain, proving the model for "digiceuticals." • Haptic Surgical Simulation: FundamentalVR and Osso VR have created leading platforms that combine VR with haptics, allowing surgeons to feel procedures, selling these as a service to hospitals. • AR Surgical Navigation: Medivis and others are building FDA-cleared AR platforms that serve as a navigational aid in surgery, powered by hardware from Microsoft (HoloLens) and Magic Leap.
Medical AR / VR
[8/10]
OPPORTUNITY
AR/VR creates a new class of "digital therapeutics" and changes the standard of care in surgery. The healthcare AR/VR market is projected to exceed $10 billion by 2027, unlocking value by reducing medical errors, lowering training costs, and providing effective, non-pharmacological therapies.
Medical AR / VR
[9/10]
THE NEED
To make immersive tech a standard of care: • Regulators & Payers must establish clear frameworks for the clinical validation and reimbursement of AR/VR-based therapies and training platforms. • Medical Schools & Hospitals must integrate these technologies into their core curriculum and clinical workflows to standardize their use. • Hardware & Software Companies must collaborate to lower costs, improve user comfort, and create open platforms for easier medical application development.
Medical AR / VR
[10/10]
ACT NOW
Join our community of founders and investors at Evolvia unlocking exponential impact in this and several other emergent spaces.
Medical AR / VR
[2/10]
SUMMARY
Immersive technologies like AR and VR are creating a new class of "digital therapeutics" and revolutionizing medical training. This playbook explores how they can improve patient outcomes, reduce risk in surgery, and provide non-pharmacological therapies.
Medical AR / VR
[3/10]
CONTEXT
Medical training, surgery, and patient therapy rely on physical tools, limited apprenticeship, and face-to-face interaction, which can be inefficient, risky, and difficult to scale.
Medical AR / VR
[4/10]
PROBLEM
Traditional methods have critical limitations: 1. Training Inefficiencies & Risk: Surgical training on cadavers is expensive and non-repeatable, and the apprenticeship model is slow, carrying inherent risks for the first live patients. 2. Limited Therapeutic Efficacy: Pain management often relies on opioids, while mental health therapies for phobias or PTSD are hard to scale and simulate effectively. 3. Poor Patient Education: Explaining complex procedures or conditions with 2D diagrams leads to poor patient understanding and anxiety.
Medical AR / VR
[5/10]
SOLUTION
Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) create immersive digital environments to transform medical practice: • Surgical Training & Assistance (VR/AR): VR allows for risk-free, repeatable surgical practice. AR overlays 3D anatomical models onto a patient during surgery for "x-ray vision." • Digital Therapeutics (VR): VR provides immersive therapy for pain management, anxiety disorders, phobias, and physical rehabilitation. • Patient & Medical Education: Immersive 3D models help students and patients understand complex anatomy and procedures.
Medical AR / VR
[6/10]
CHALLENGES
Full integration into healthcare is challenging: 1. Cost & Hardware Accessibility: High-end headsets and powerful computers are expensive, limiting adoption. 2. Content Creation & Validation: Creating medically accurate, high-fidelity simulations and therapeutic content is a specialized, costly, and lengthy process requiring clinical validation. 3. User Experience & Integration: "Cybersickness" can affect some users, and integrating AR/VR hardware into sterile operating rooms and clinical workflows is complex.
Medical AR / VR
[7/10]
TRENDS
The private sector is pioneering clinically-validated solutions: • VR Digital Therapeutics: AppliedVR has gained FDA approval for a prescription VR-based therapy for chronic pain, proving the model for "digiceuticals." • Haptic Surgical Simulation: FundamentalVR and Osso VR have created leading platforms that combine VR with haptics, allowing surgeons to feel procedures, selling these as a service to hospitals. • AR Surgical Navigation: Medivis and others are building FDA-cleared AR platforms that serve as a navigational aid in surgery, powered by hardware from Microsoft (HoloLens) and Magic Leap.
Medical AR / VR
[8/10]
OPPORTUNITY
AR/VR creates a new class of "digital therapeutics" and changes the standard of care in surgery. The healthcare AR/VR market is projected to exceed $10 billion by 2027, unlocking value by reducing medical errors, lowering training costs, and providing effective, non-pharmacological therapies.
Medical AR / VR
[9/10]
THE NEED
To make immersive tech a standard of care: • Regulators & Payers must establish clear frameworks for the clinical validation and reimbursement of AR/VR-based therapies and training platforms. • Medical Schools & Hospitals must integrate these technologies into their core curriculum and clinical workflows to standardize their use. • Hardware & Software Companies must collaborate to lower costs, improve user comfort, and create open platforms for easier medical application development.
Medical AR / VR
[10/10]
ACT NOW
Join our community of founders and investors at Evolvia unlocking exponential impact in this and several other emergent spaces.
Medical AR / VR
[2/10]
SUMMARY
Immersive technologies like AR and VR are creating a new class of "digital therapeutics" and revolutionizing medical training. This playbook explores how they can improve patient outcomes, reduce risk in surgery, and provide non-pharmacological therapies.
Medical AR / VR
[3/10]
CONTEXT
Medical training, surgery, and patient therapy rely on physical tools, limited apprenticeship, and face-to-face interaction, which can be inefficient, risky, and difficult to scale.
Medical AR / VR
[4/10]
PROBLEM
Traditional methods have critical limitations: 1. Training Inefficiencies & Risk: Surgical training on cadavers is expensive and non-repeatable, and the apprenticeship model is slow, carrying inherent risks for the first live patients. 2. Limited Therapeutic Efficacy: Pain management often relies on opioids, while mental health therapies for phobias or PTSD are hard to scale and simulate effectively. 3. Poor Patient Education: Explaining complex procedures or conditions with 2D diagrams leads to poor patient understanding and anxiety.
Medical AR / VR
[5/10]
SOLUTION
Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) create immersive digital environments to transform medical practice: • Surgical Training & Assistance (VR/AR): VR allows for risk-free, repeatable surgical practice. AR overlays 3D anatomical models onto a patient during surgery for "x-ray vision." • Digital Therapeutics (VR): VR provides immersive therapy for pain management, anxiety disorders, phobias, and physical rehabilitation. • Patient & Medical Education: Immersive 3D models help students and patients understand complex anatomy and procedures.
Medical AR / VR
[6/10]
CHALLENGES
Full integration into healthcare is challenging: 1. Cost & Hardware Accessibility: High-end headsets and powerful computers are expensive, limiting adoption. 2. Content Creation & Validation: Creating medically accurate, high-fidelity simulations and therapeutic content is a specialized, costly, and lengthy process requiring clinical validation. 3. User Experience & Integration: "Cybersickness" can affect some users, and integrating AR/VR hardware into sterile operating rooms and clinical workflows is complex.
Medical AR / VR
[7/10]
TRENDS
The private sector is pioneering clinically-validated solutions: • VR Digital Therapeutics: AppliedVR has gained FDA approval for a prescription VR-based therapy for chronic pain, proving the model for "digiceuticals." • Haptic Surgical Simulation: FundamentalVR and Osso VR have created leading platforms that combine VR with haptics, allowing surgeons to feel procedures, selling these as a service to hospitals. • AR Surgical Navigation: Medivis and others are building FDA-cleared AR platforms that serve as a navigational aid in surgery, powered by hardware from Microsoft (HoloLens) and Magic Leap.
Medical AR / VR
[8/10]
OPPORTUNITY
AR/VR creates a new class of "digital therapeutics" and changes the standard of care in surgery. The healthcare AR/VR market is projected to exceed $10 billion by 2027, unlocking value by reducing medical errors, lowering training costs, and providing effective, non-pharmacological therapies.
Medical AR / VR
[9/10]
THE NEED
To make immersive tech a standard of care: • Regulators & Payers must establish clear frameworks for the clinical validation and reimbursement of AR/VR-based therapies and training platforms. • Medical Schools & Hospitals must integrate these technologies into their core curriculum and clinical workflows to standardize their use. • Hardware & Software Companies must collaborate to lower costs, improve user comfort, and create open platforms for easier medical application development.
Medical AR / VR
[10/10]
ACT NOW
Join our community of founders and investors at Evolvia unlocking exponential impact in this and several other emergent spaces.
Immersive technologies like AR and VR are creating a new class of "digital therapeutics" and revolutionizing medical training. This playbook explores how they can improve patient outcomes, reduce risk in surgery, and provide non-pharmacological therapies.
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