Topic: Virtual and Augmented Reality
Beyond Digital Mental Health: Why the Next Frontier Will Be Interactive Care
MHRA and NICE Receive £2 Million from Wellcome to Improve Safety and Effectiveness of Digital Mental Health Technologies
UK regulators MHRA and NICE have received £2 million from Wellcome to strengthen frameworks for the safe, effective, and evidence-based use of digital mental health technologies.
Major Report Maps UK’s Extended Reality (XR) Health Market
Mirror XR: Australia’s First AI-XR EdTech for Youth Digital Mental Health and Future Skills
Mirror XR is Australia’s first AI-XR EdTech, transforming VR escapism into immersive storyliving experiences that support youth mental health, build resilience, and foster emotional literacy through cutting-edge technology and community-driven programs.
FLOAT VR: A Matrix for One
As AI and extended reality converge into XRAI, society faces a pivotal choice: allow it to fracture perception and deepen isolation, or design it intentionally to enhance balance, connection, and mental wellbeing.
The Meaning Crisis and the Rise of Spirit Tech
Spiritual health is a crucial, overlooked mental health defense, with a strong spiritual life reducing risks for depression and addiction. This widespread need for meaning is fueling the new Spirit Tech industry.
Immersive Virtual Reality as a Scalable Intervention for Persistent Voices in Schizophrenia: findings from the CHALLENGE trial
The CHALLENGE trial conducted by VIRTU Research Group found that a brief, avatar-based VR therapy significantly reduced distressing voices in people with schizophrenia. The intervention was safe, scalable, and well tolerated.
AVATAR: a Digital Therapy That Could Help People Who Hear Voices
AVATAR therapy is for people who hear voices, also known as auditory hallucinations. Its success could be particularly life-changing for people with psychosis, a mental health condition that is characterised by feeling disconnected from reality. Results from the latest trial
Digital Mental Health Technologies Guidance Launched to Help Manufacturers and Safeguard Users
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today issued new guidance to help manufacturers meet UK medical devices regulations and ensure digital mental health technologies are effective, reliable and acceptably safe.
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