Health-care 2019/03/26 What are the Biggest Problems VR Can Solve? Virtual reality (VR) is becoming an integral part of many industries, but it still carries the stigma of a toy or a gimmick, owing to its heavy public focus on gaming, and the many short-lived attempts to mainstream it in the past. 2018/12/15 Virtual reality in health care In health care, VR is being used for everything from pain management to combating loneliness in long-term care facilities to clinical education.