Accelerating healthcare innovation with virtual reality

Revolutionize healthcare training, drug development and alternative therapies with immersive, life-saving innovations.

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WHY VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) FOR HEALTHCARE?

Putting patients first in new ways

Transform training, deepen patient empathy and supercharge drug development with virtual reality (VR) in healthcare. From optimizing the manufacture of medicines to providing groundbreaking therapies, virtual reality empowers healthcare across the board.

Reduce risk

From surgery to dentistry, simulate high-risk scenarios in a low-risk environment.

Better training outcomes

When people learn with VR in healthcare, they're not distracted by other devices, so they stay super engaged with the content.

Learn faster

VR is great for creating emotional connections. That means lessons aren't just more realistic, they're more memorable.

Explore your data

Bring your data to life with 3D visualizations that help you understand your world and make better decisions.

Mixed reality medical simulation provides an immersive learning space

Mixed Realty technology being used to develop efficient processes

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VR surgery increases patient safety

With 300 million surgical procedures carried out every year, along with 16 billion injections¹, effective training is critical to reducing error rates, avoiding harm, and minimizing costs. Specialized VR medical simulation training gives health practitioners a safe space to hone their skills, from practicing new surgical techniques, mastering complex drug assembly to everyday procedures like taking blood.

Virtual reality in healthcare delivers equitable outcomes

It’s a hard reality that race, gender and socioeconomic status can influence the level of care that patients receive². Immersive learning in VR gives people a safe space to experience this for themselves, so they’re better equipped to confront unconscious bias in the workplace.

Faster time to market

Drug development can take up to eight years and cost $2bn³, so anything that makes the process more efficient can give pharma companies a competitive edge. Collaborating on 3D models in virtual reality in healthcare can help scientists make faster breakthroughs, even if they’re working in labs around the world.

Supporting well-being and retention

In a recent survey, 85% of C-suite executives said staffing challenges would have a major impact on their strategy⁴. VR apps are already helping to boost retention in major health institutions through employee wellness initiatives. Both the FDA and the NHS are now looking at evaluation frameworks to roll out VR in healthcare at scale.

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Discover how mixed reality is improving patient outcomes

Forrester Consulting research has found that mixed reality (MR) is making learning more realistic for employees, reducing medical errors and enhancing the patient experience.⁵

SAFETY

76%

Agree MR helps healthcare organizations train employees for dangerous situations in a low-risk environment

REALISTIC

75%

Agree MR visualizations make training and onboarding more realistic.

ENGAGING

77%

Agree MR helps employees engage with content.

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SUCCESS STORIES

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Success stories

NYU COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY | 4 MIN READ

How NYU College of Dentistry revolutionized traditional dental training using MR

EDUCATION/HEALTHCARE

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PFIZER | 6 MIN READ

How VR supercharged Pfizer’s ‘Light Speed’ Covid response and led to manufacturing innovation

HEALTHCARE

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PURDUE GLOBAL | 5 MIN READ

Purdue Global: How a nursing school is addressing a national crisis through VR training

EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE

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CENTRE FOR HEALTHCARE INNOVATION | 4 MIN READ

How CHI is scaling up Specialized Simulation Training in VR with Meta Quest

HEALTHCARE

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LIFEARC | 4 MIN READ

LifeArc and VR: How medical researchers are supercharging drug design with data-powered VR

HEALTHCARE, NONPROFITS

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EXPERIENCES IN THE METAVERSE

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1. World Health Organization, ‘Patient safety fact sheet’, 2023
2. Journal of General Internal Medicine, ‘Do words matter? Stigmatizing language and the transmission of bias in the medical record’, 2018
3. Goldman Sachs, ‘How artificial intelligence is accelerating innovation in healthcare’, 2023
4. Deloitte: ‘Healthcare challenges: What tops the list?’, 2023
5. A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Meta, April 2025. Base: 108 decision-makers involved in learning and development technology decisions in healthcare and life sciences organizations in North America and Europe