The 5th Annual International Virtual Reality and Healthcare Association (IVRHA) is just about to launch the 2021 VR Health Symposium, a global conference that showcases the broad potential of virtual reality in healthcare simulation, which will be held from March 2 to March 5 online. This year’s virtual symposium will offer networking opportunities, informative plenary [...]

As new healthcare simulation technologies emerge by the day, educators are starting to ask how advancements like artificial intelligence (AI) might impact clinical simulation training in the not-to-distant future. To better envision what tomorrow could look like, one must first consider what the latest contemporary theories and uses AI are before applying those opportunities to [...]

Yesterday Copenhagen-based virtual laboratory simulation company Labster announced a massive $60M Series C funding round from Silicon Valley’s prominent venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Named one of Newsweek’s 50 U.S. Businesses That Stood Out During the Pandemic, Labster’s core team of 200 employees supports over 2,000 universities and high-schools with tens of thousands of courses [...]

The use of augmented reality simulation is increasing across clinical simulation learning environments as the technology provides unique opportunities for immersive reality. Medical simulation company MedCognition is currently using AR in simulation and devices to reshape the future of healthcare training by making the experience look and sound more human. MedCognition developed a holographic patient [...]