by Joanna Herczyńska | Mar 9, 2016 | - VR, Business, News, Technology
I think for the majority of us the notion of home has rather positive associations. It gives a sense of security and intimacy. However, in certain circumstances, our house becomes a prison from which we do not want to run away. Or we just simply cannot. We happen to...
by Joanna Herczyńska | Mar 7, 2016 | - VR, News, Technology
Imagine that you have no arm or leg … and it still hurts. You fill it like a constant contraction. It hurts, but it is not there. We call it the phantom pain. It occurs after amputation. Many amputations are planned in advance as they are related to the disease...
by Joanna Herczyńska | Mar 5, 2016 | - VR, Business, News, Technology
Each piece of information on real and possible applications of virtual reality in medicine is of great interest to me. Why? Our health is one of the values that we care about in a special way, generally when something wrong begins to happen to us. Of course, we may...
by Joanna Herczyńska | Mar 3, 2016 | - VR, Business, News, Technology
In the US, the annual expenses associated with the problem of pain reach about $ 600 billion and are higher than the funds allocated for the fight against heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. The fight with pain is mainly focused on pharmacological treatment –...
by Joanna Herczyńska | Mar 2, 2016 | - VR, Business, Technology
Primum non nocere First, do no harm -Latin proverb If thinking of virtual reality (VR), we perceive it as only the potential for entertainment, we are definitely right. On the other hand, we are wrong if we associate entertainment only with the game industry. Today,...
by Joanna Herczyńska | Mar 1, 2016 | - VR, News, Technology
Studies show that experience gained in a virtual environment in its essence is similar to the one gained in the real world. Even now, in the early days of the development of VR technology, we can conclude that the situation in which we find ourselves in the virtual...