Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has added a new report presenting the current and potential applications of virtual reality in healthcare.

Virtual Reality in Healthcare 2008-2012 provides marketing information on the use of virtual reality in healthcare, including trends, forecasts, categorical and geographic segmentation, growth drivers, barriers, and key vendors and conferences.

Virtual Reality (VR) is a technology that allows a user to interact with a computer-simulated environment. A majority of the types of equipment are generally visual devices, using either a computer screen or special stereoscopic displays, but there are devices like the head-mounted-display (HMD), which also provide sound for a wholesome experience. Advanced systems with haptic devices, which provide force feedback have also been introduced.

VR is commonly associated with its immersive, highly visual, and 3D environments. It is used in a wide variety of applications ranging from gaming devices, public entertainment, prototype-creation to military exercises, and medical equipment. The development of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software, graphics hardware acceleration, HMDs, database gloves and miniaturization has helped in the popularity of this technology.

Some of the potential uses of VR equipment covered in the report include:

* Pre-planning procedures or practice of surgeries by surgeons,
* Training and educating medical students and surgeons,
* Rehabilitation and therapy used by doctors to treat the patients suffering from ailments like fears and     post-traumatic stress disorders
* Visualization of 3-D medical data

Virtual Reality in Healthcare 2008-2012

Report Buyer product ID: INF00568
Report Buyer product category: Pharma and Healthcare