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VR in Portuguese Healthcare: What Is in Use and What INFARMED Requires

Virtual reality is already used in Portuguese hospitals, clinics and care homes as a non-drug complement to care. What it is used for today, who runs the sessions, and what it takes for a VR system to be a medical device registered in EUDAMED and with INFARMED (Portugal). Journal · · 8 min

VR Therapy App Cost: What It Takes to Build One in 2026

A simple VR therapy pilot can start in the low tens of thousands; a regulated Class I medical VR product runs well into six figures. Here is what actually drives the cost — content, platform, and regulation — and how to spend less without cutting the parts that matter. Journal · · 8 min

Does VR therapy actually work? The evidence behind therapeutic VR for pain and anxiety

Does VR therapy actually work? For acute pain distraction, procedural anxiety and exposure therapy — genuinely yes, with real evidence. For chronic pain and the broader claims, the marketing runs ahead of the science. The honest evidence behind therapeutic VR, and why we built RVer to the bar of a medical device instead of a wellness app. Journal · · 6 min

What it takes to ship a Class I medical VR app

Most VR teams ship when the team thinks it's good. A Class I medical device ships when a regulator says so. Here's the gap, and what it cost us to close it.
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