THE HEALING GAME

Virtual reality offers patients a distraction

Studies have shown that virtual reality therapy helps reduce pain for hospitalized patients.

BY ANN MARIE O’PHELAN
TECHNOLOGY

Starlight Xperience, Sony Playstation VR, and Meta Oculus Quest all sound like high-tech game devices, and indeed they are. At Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida, however, patients from age 10 to adult get more than a good time out of...

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