03:05 PM - 03:30 PM
Virtual reality provides mental health clinicians with a virtually unlimited array of possibilities for in-session use. The expertise of a clinician, when paired with a customizable, interactive, immersive environment, allows the client to process and work through a plethora of difficulties. This presentation will introduce the participant to the Virtual Sandtray-VR program and demonstrate examples of use with PTSD, phobias, and adjustment disorders.
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Following the publication of The Growing Value of XR in Healthcare in the UK Report, a new national strategy for XR in healthcare in the UK is under development. This event will bring together representatives across government, industry and healthcare from the US and UK, to discuss the future of XR and to explore new opportunities for supporting global collaboration, partnerships and knowledge sharing to ultimately enable wider public access to XR for therapeutic and health educational purposes. Attendees will be able to passively observe in person and online, and will be able to ask questions at the end.
In-person audience seating is limited, and feel free to join online via Zoom:
https://awexr.zoom.us/j/81662705945?pwd=R2k2Z2dFNUIvZGc1UlV1WStGYm1CUT09
09:00 AM - 09:25 AM
A look at the growth and investments in the digital healthcare sector and sub-sector of VR/AR over the last 18+ months, with some early analysis for 2022.
09:30 AM - 09:55 AM
Explore why digital technologies and the data generated can change health and healthcare. XR has an essential role in realizing the potential of digital technologies to redefine healthcare. With healthcare increasingly adopting digital technologies and there is an opportunity to ensure we define the value proposition to reflect the full value of these technologies.
10:00 AM - 10:55 AM
With the increasing need to address the global wellbeing crisis, how does the flourishing of our VR/AR technologies enable the acceleration of human wellbeing and potential?
We are witnessing the rise of augmented and virtual reality (VR/AR) technologies as a field ripe for positively impacting human wellbeing. The multiverse will link our digital, physical and transformative spaces, creating a world where deep tech can help create deep humans, who can then create more deep tech. This growing category of technologies present massive opportunities to address mental and emotional wellbeing, physical and social wellness and human performance and potential at a scale and depth previously unimaginable.
The widespread adoption of a new technology, such as VR and AR, brings with it a vast landscape filled with opportunities for new category leaders to be created. Crossed with the mission of accelerating human wellbeing through the multiverse, we will continue to see the growth of deep technologies who can redefine the state of global wellbeing at scale.
11:20 AM - 11:45 AM
This talk will address several common problems associated with traditional systems in medicine and how Extended Reality technologies are solving them. This will include the use of Virtual Reality for preoperative planning and surgical simulation in neurosurgery and the impact of virtual reality on patient consultation and informed consent. Further attention will be given to the deployment of Augmented Reality technologies to help make brain and spine surgery safer and less invasive, including recent published data on early outcomes. Finally, we will cover broad scale development and deployment of Immersive Therapeutics for pain and anxiety as well as a comprehensive program for maternal mental health.