Virtual Reality

Some healthcare-related VR benefits include: 

• Helping overcome social anxiety – Studies have shown VR to be effective in treating a variety of mental health conditions, including social anxiety. By creating a VR simulation of an environment that causes anxiety to a patient, therapists can guide the patient through the situation while teaching them calming techniques that they can apply in real-life situations.
• Pain relief – Some VR experiences have proven to reduce pain for a number of injuries and conditions, including easing the pain of contractions and childbirth. Already used in maternity wards around the world, VR can act as an alternative to epidurals.
• Curing Phobias – VR has reportedly been used to successfully treat phobias. By gradually exposing patients to situations they’d avoid in real life, such as a room full of spiders or a busy location, people are taught to cope with their reactions in a safe, controlled environment with the knowledge that they can’t be harmed by what they're seeing.
• Reducing stress – Regular recreational activities are great at reducing stress, frustration, and anxiety. VR games efficiently take the user away from reality, which also helps take them away from the daily stresses of life. In addition,  calming VR simulations have even been shown to improve mindfulness.