I was one of those people who saw VR for the first time and realized I was seeing the future. As a primary care physician I am acutely aware of the time pressures under which medical professionals operate. As a doc who ran our opiate addiction/Suboxone clinic, I am also acutely aware of the need for new measures to treat what have become chronic pervasive problems for my patients: chronic pain, general anxiety, depression, and addiction. I am also interested in improving quality of life for older individuals through VR--these include opportunities for social interaction, increased use of cognitive functions and creativity, increased mobility, and reframing the process of dying. As a mom, one of my concerns is developing therapeutic experiences to treat pain and distress in children as well. To address these needs, I have created ZantaVR, a company dedicated to creating cost-effective , patient-empowering, proven therapeutic VR experiences which complement conventional and integrative medicine and which are easily integrated into patient and provider routines. In addition, we aim to educate consumers and health-care providers about VR technology through the development of protocols for use, a website, training materials and support and
to improve the knowledge base of VR therapeutics through the creation of research partnerships, including clinical trials and potentially fMRI or other basic science neuroscience studies.
We are looking for academic and scientific collaborators and tech and business people interested in a unique early startup. Our plan is to apply for an SBIR grant in the December 2016 cycle. This week we put out calls for a product design consultant to create a unique "cardboard" type headset that we will need for our first therapeutic experience and for the grant application.
We are looking for academic and scientific collaborators and tech and business people interested in a unique early startup. Our plan is to apply for an SBIR grant in the December 2016 cycle. This week we put out calls for a product design consultant to create a unique "cardboard" type headset that we will need for our first therapeutic experience and for the grant application.
