Accelerating healthcare innovation with virtual reality

Revolutionise 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 optimising 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 aren't distracted by other devices, so they stay super engaged with the content.

Learn faster

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

Explore your data

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

Mixed reality medical simulation provides an immersive learning space

Mixed reality technology being used to develop efficient processes

Metaverse avatars seen in a meeting as part of a well-being initiative

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 minimising costs. Specialised VR medical simulation training gives health practitioners a safe space to hone their skills, from practising new surgical techniques, mastering complex drug assembly to everyday procedures such as 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 USD 2B³, 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.

EXPERIENCES IN THE METAVERSE

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Get everything that you need to easily manage users, devices and metaverse experiences. Train safely and at scale with an ecosystem of world-class content providers and, enjoy effortless deployment with robust security features built in.

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1. World Health Organization, "Patient safety fact sheet", 2023
2. Journal of General Internal Medicine, "Do words matter? Stigmatising 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 organisations in North America and Europe