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  • Better Than Opioids? Virtual Reality Could Be Your next Painkiller

  • By: Rachel Metz
  • Narrated by: Joe Knezevich
  • Length: 5 mins

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Not so far in the future, your doctor might prescribe playing a few games in virtual reality to ease aches and pains, rather than popping a pill. That’s Matthew Stoudt’s hope, anyway. He’s the CEO of AppliedVR, a startup that’s building a library of virtual-reality content for alleviating pain and anxiety before, during, and after medical procedures. The company is working with hospitals and doctors to get patients using the technology on Samsung’s Gear VR headset and to study its effectiveness as well.

"Better Than Opioids? Virtual Reality Could Be Your next Painkiller" is from technologyreview.com, published on July 18, 2016.

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