An emerging trend in VR – incorporating smell – could be exciting news not just for gaming but for health care as well. MedTwitter virtualreality
describes an odor machine that was tested with a virtual reality headset from tech giant HTC. The researchers suggest such technology could, among other uses, help enhance “smell training” for those who've lost their sense of smell due to COVID-19.
Another application could be surgery prep, Amores says. A patient has a VR session complete with relaxing smells – walking through a forest and breathing in the scents of pine and moss, for example – https://twitter.com/MishCastillo/status/1615517367605362688?s=20&t=MjDoFLnRrhiZHWbCAxWL7w At Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, VR is being researched and used to help patients alleviate pain across a variety of conditions, including irritable bowel syndrome and Melissa Wong, MD, an OB/GYN specializing in maternal-fetal medicine at Cedars-Sinai, has studied VR for pain and stress relief during labor and childbirth, possibly delaying the use of an epidural.
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