surgical training

The funding comes three months after the company announced it added AI-enabled imaging features and new indications expanding xvision's use to the whole spine.

Dr. Justin Barad, founder and CEO of virtual reality surgical training company Osso VR, discusses the company's objectives for the future.

FundamentalVR CEO Richard Vincent says it's important to provide diverse offerings for different surgical training use cases.

The Virtual Technique Guides software "supports thousands of medical procedures" across 27 surgical specialties and subspecialties, and allows participants to collaborate on training regardless of their physical location.

In a HIMSS20 Digital session, Level Ex CEO Sam Glassenberg discusses his company's efforts to bridge the gap.

While medical education has felt stagnant since the 20th century, a new group of startups wants to make it more efficient, effective and affordable.

Downing Ventures led the round with participation from Tern PLC, Epic Private Equity and Brighteye Ventures.

The Commission on the Future of Surgery, set up by the Royal College of Surgeons, previously said VR would become a "standardised aspect of surgical training" in the future.

Designed for medical students, nurses and practicing surgeons, the videos seek to replicate what it would be like to observe a procedure from inside the operating room.

"Essential GI Surgeries" will include 25 hours of real surgeries recorded in 360 VR and 4K video.