This blog is on temporary hiatus for a bit as I prepare for the MCAT. However, the world of virtual reality and therapy continues to hurtle forward with exciting new applications, and I would like to direct you to a few reports:
- At the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, post-stroke patients manipulated a robot in virtual environments as part of rehabilitative physical therapy. The virtual reality group walked farther and faster than a group that only used the robot. Read more here.
- GestureTek, a company whose innovations have been utilized for previous virtual reality therapeutic applications, was on display this past weekend at the Consumer Electronics Show. Read more about their new 3-D depth tracking system here.
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