Businesswire: OxfordVR Technology a World First Success in Automating Psychological Therapy Using Virtual Reality (VR)
OxfordVR has successfully automated psychological therapy in VR for patients with mental illness. Users are guided by a virtual coach instead of a real-life therapist, allowing the treatment to reach many more patients. It is the first time a digital therapeutic of...
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Venturebeat: Oxford VR uses virtual reality to treat social anxiety
Oxford VR (OVR), a U.K.-based virtual reality (VR) startup that emerged from Oxford University’s Department of Psychiatry back in 2017, has officially launched a VR-based therapy to help people overcome social anxiety. While VR is still struggling to gain adoption...
News-medical: Virtual reality psychological therapy shown to work well for patients with mental health problems
In a landmark development, psychological therapy has been automated in virtual reality. With the user guided by a virtual coach, there is no need for a real-life therapist, meaning the treatment can reach many more patients. Read more
Forbes: Automated Virtual Reality Therapy Pioneer Oxford VR Secures Record $12.5 Million Investment
Today, virtual reality pioneer Oxford VR has announced the closure of a landmark $12.5 million Series A funding round—the largest investment funding for VR therapy in the UK and Europe. Read more
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Venturebeat: Oxford VR uses virtual reality to treat social anxiety
Oxford VR (OVR), a U.K.-based virtual reality (VR) startup that emerged from Oxford University’s Department of Psychiatry back in 2017, read more
News-medical: Virtual reality psychological therapy shown to work well for patients with mental health problems
In a landmark development, psychological therapy has been automated in virtual reality. With the user guided by a virtual coach, there ... read more
Forbes: Automated Virtual Reality Therapy Pioneer Oxford VR Secures Record $12.5 Million Investment
Today, virtual reality pioneer Oxford VR has announced the closure of a landmark $12.5 million Series A funding round—the largest ... read more
Mobihealthnews: VR therapy could help reduce agoraphobic avoidance and distress in people with psychosis
A new study published in the Lancet found that patients using VR therapy had a significant reduction in agoraphobic avoidance and ... read more
Smithsonianmag: Inside the Effort to Expand Virtual Reality Treatments for Mental Health
Medical professionals are embracing the technology to help patients deal with PTSD, anxiety disorders and more. A June 21, 1995, ... read more
The Times: Does of virtual reality helps treat NHS patients with sever anxiety
Virtual reality therapy has been used to successfully treat NHS patients with severe anxiety and agoraphobia in a trial led by Oxford ... read more
Guardian: VR role-play therapy helps people with agoraphobia, finds study
Sessions with virtual-reality headset helped people overcome anxiety and complete everyday tasks Participants were encouraged to read more
Businesswire: OxfordVR Technology a World First Success in Automating Psychological Therapy Using Virtual Reality (VR)
OxfordVR has successfully automated psychological therapy in VR for patients with mental illness. Users are guided by a virtual coach ... read more
Oxford VR win GOLD at the UK Digital Experience Awards 2020
The UK Digital Experience Awards honour the organisations, teams and individuals providing exceptional customer experience through the ... read more
Mental Health Awareness Week 2020
There is no health without mental health. United and connected we can change mental health. read more
NHSX latest GDE Blueprint highlights Oxford VR’s exemplary VR innovation
The Blueprint details how Oxford VR’s automated VR therapy has been integrated into NHS IAPT Talking Therapy services. read more
Oxford VR white paper – Game On
Our white paper provides an insight into how virtual reality therapy is making mental health treatment more engaging and more effective. read more
Oxford VR featured on Channel 4: How to Beat… Stress
During the episode, focused on lowing stress levels, we help Tina overcome acrophobia through our immersive VR therapy. read more
Oxford VR launch social engagement™
Our social engagement™ program is a ground-breaking mental health intervention using virtual reality technology to help individuals ... read more
Oxford VR secures record £10 million investment to advance its real-world impact in mental health and accelerate clinical leadership in the US
Mental disorders are on the rise and will cost the global economy $16 trillion by 2030. The landmark £10 million funding round ... read more
Oxford VR are finalists in the Med-Tech Innovation Awards 2020
The awards represent the engineering excellence and ingenuity across the Med-Tech sector. read more
Oxford VR announced winners in MedTech Visionaries Awards
Oxford VR are elated to win Best Mental Health Immersive Technology in the MedTech Visionaries Awards! read more
Professor Daniel Freeman featured on BBC Two ‘Trust Me, I’m a Dr’
Professor Daniel Freeman was asked to help co-presenter Dr Alain Gregoire overcome his crippling fear of heights in just two hours. read more
Can automated virtual reality therapy revolutionize mental healthcare?
Our white paper provides an insight into the mental health crisis and explores the potential for automated VR therapy to treat serious ... read more
Oxford VR announced as winners at prestigious Go:Tech Awards 19
Oxford VR are thrilled to have been announced as a winner at the Go:Tech Awards 2019 for ‘Best Use of VR/AR’. We are delighted that our read more
Oxford VR are finalists in the Go:Tech Awards 19
Oxford VR are thrilled to be a finalists in Best Use of VR/AR category in the Go:Tech Awards 19. read more
HRH the Duke of Cambridge visits Oxford and learns about Oxford VR’s immersive technology
His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge visited Oxford on 3rd October to officially open Keble’s new H B Allen Centre. Oxford VR were ... read more
Oxford VR are finalists in the 2019 European Lifestars Awards
Lifestars have announced the finalists in the 2019 European Lifestars Awards and Oxford VR are ecstatic to be a finalist within ... read more
Scientific American: Can an Illusory World Help Treat Psychosis’s Real-World Delusions?
Scientific American have featured Professor Daniel Freeman and Oxford VR's immersive therapy. read more
UK VR Therapy Pioneer Oxford VR teams up with US National Mental Health Innovation Center
The National Mental Health Innovation Center (NMHIC) and Oxford VR (OVR) have announced a strategic partnership and the launch of ... read more
Oxford VR are finalists in BIMA Awards 2019
BIMA have announced the finalists in the BIMA Awards 2019. Oxford VR are thrilled to be a finalist in the Emerging Technology – Over ... read more
Oxford VR winners at the UK Digital Experience Awards 2019
The UK Digital Experience Awards (UKDXA) are awarded to businesses providing an exceptional customer experience through the use of ... read more
Forbes: First Major Trial of VR Therapy For Serious Mental Health Conditions Launches
Forbes have featured Oxford VR’s immersive VR therapy online. read more
Start of world-first, large-scale NHS trial testing VR Therapy for serious mental health conditions is a milestone endorsement for Oxford VR’s business model and scale-up capacity
A milestone endorsement for Oxford VR’s business model and scale-up capacity. Oxford VR (OVR) a global pioneer in evidence-based VR ... read more
Oxford VR shortlisted for VR Healthcare of the Year
We are thrilled to announce we have been shortlisted for VR Healthcare of the Year in the VR Awards 2019. read more
Oxford VR ramps up global expansion with first-of-kind VR-enabled mental health solutions launch in Asia
Oxford VR has today announced the launch of its leading-edge treatment for common mental health conditions through a unique partnership read more
21st May BBC Breakfast interviews Oxford VR CEO Barnaby Perks
BBC Science Correspondent Richard Westcott went to Cambridge to meet Julie, a patient with an extreme fear of heights (acrophobia). read more
Oxford VR initialise ground-breaking automated immersive therapy for the first time in the UK to help NHS patients overcome their phobia
In what is a first for mental healthcare in the UK, NHS patients suffering from the potentially-incapacitating symptoms of clinical ... read more
Mental Health Awareness Week: 5 Ways Virtual Reality is Transforming Mental Health
One in four of us will experience mental health issues at some point in our life. Our aim is to enable millions of people to have the ... read more
Oxford VR finalist in the Mayor of London’s prestigious Med Tech awards 2019
Oxford VR was runner-up in this year’s Mayor of London’s Med Tech Awards, in the Investment Achievement category. read more
Oxford VR Announce Partnership with AXA HK and CUHK
Oxford VR (OVR), AXA Hong Kong and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have announced an agreement today on a first-of-a-kind ... read more
Oxford VR Nominated for a UK Digital Experience Award 2019
We are pleased to announce that we have been shortlisted as finalists for this year’s UK Digital Experience Awards for the Best Use of ... read more
Daniel Freeman Discusses Technology and Mental Health at Edinburgh Science Festival 2019
Daniel Freeman attending Edinburgh Science Festival 2019 amongst a global network of inspirational speakers. read more
The Big Issue: Changemakers – Daniel Freeman is using virtual reality for virtual therapy
The Big Issue feature Professor Daniel Freeman and Oxford VR. read more
Oxford VR named One of 10 European VR startups to look out for
EU Startups puts the spotlight on European startups, encouraging entrepreneurship. They are the leading startup publication in Europe. read more
Daniel Freeman discusses the use of VR therapy at the Royal Society
Daniel Freeman is attending the Royal Society today to discuss the use of VR therapy using reality simulations as evidence-based ... read more
Oxford VR awarded Immersive Healthcare of the Year for automated VR therapy
Oxford VR has been recognised at the Immersive Perspective Awards 2018, hosted by Virtual Perceptions, winning the Immersive Healthcare read more
A History of Delusions with Daniel Freeman
Daniel Freeman explores delusions in a 10-part series called a A History of Delusions on BBC Radio 4. Delusions are often difficult to ... read more
Fear of heights v2: new characters!
As version 2 of our fear of heights VR therapy nears completion, here’s our latest update. read more
Oxford VR at the Global Ministerial Health Summit
We were delighted to attend last week’s Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit in London, at the invitation of NHS England. The event ... read more
Recording Fear of Heights
We’re excited to be finishing work on version 2 of our fear of heights treatment. As part of the process, we recently spent time at the read more
National Institute for Health Research publishes NIHR Signal on Fear of Heights
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Dissemination Centre has this week published an NIHR Signal on Oxford VR’s fear of ... read more
Oxford VR concludes major new investment round to boost pace of product innovation in Virtual Reality psychological therapies
University of Oxford spinout inks clinical paper in Lancet Psychiatry, appoints CEO and sets up Oxford HQ and London development hub ... read more
Study provides first evidence that psychological therapy can be successfully delivered automatically in virtual reality (VR)
Today sees the publication in The Lancet Psychiatry of a pioneering clinical trial of automated virtual reality (VR) psychological ... read more
The Guardian: ‘After, I feel ecstatic and emotional’: could virtual reality replace therapy?
The Big Issue feature Professor Daniel Freeman and Oxford VR. read more
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