The Nintendo Wii console grew incredibly popular thanks to its health-related games and peripherals and now Oculus is hoping to imitate this success with a new partnership with VRHealth. Founded by a virtual reality medical company, VRHeath allows users to do physical and cognitive exercises at home using an Oculus headset. Available through the Oculus Go, this new collaboration will include health and wellness apps on the company's site and will even allow users to track their own metrics on the VRHealth website.
The VRHealth app is currently being used a Stanford Sports Medicine as doctors are using the app to track and monitor traumatic brain injuries after concussions. The app also closely aligns with similar apps and games used to treat phobias and anxiety disorders.
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What's Driving This Trend
- VR Health Apps
- Virtual reality health applications are becoming popular empowering users to improve their health and wellbeing at home.
- Health and Wellness Gaming
- Video games and VR technology are being integrated into health and wellness activities to create a more enjoyable and effective experience.
- Medical Wearables
- Medical wearables are increasingly becoming adopted as an effective tool for managing, tracking and treating serious medical issues.
Who This Affects Most
- Healthcare
- The healthcare industry is adopting VR technology to treat physical and cognitive illnesses and injuries.
- Gaming
- VR technology combined with physical and cognitive exercise is becoming a segment of the gaming industry.
- Wearables
- VR and AR wearables are becoming key tools for health monitoring and wellness.
