VRHealth

VRHealth, Oculus to use VR to enhance patient healthcare

The company is using Oculus Go and Rift to provide VR solutions for a variety of health challenges, from pain management to alleviating patient anxiety.
Walmart biometric patent

Walmart looking to monitor your health & stress levels while shopping?

The retail giant aims to use biometric shopping handles to track customers' heart rates, temperatures, and stress levels.
Vuzix glasses

Vuzix, 1Minuut and Deloitte Netherlands to bring AR to the healthcare Industry

The combination of the Vuzix M300 Smart Glasses and the Genzõ mobile platform enables real-time audio, first person POV video streaming and file sharing.
Withings Steel HR Sport

Withings Steel HR Sport is a fancy hybrid watch with GPS, VO2 Max tracking

After being bought back from Nokia, Withings is making a comeback with a fancy wearable for the mass market.
Apple Watch series 4

Apple Watch Series 4 has larger display, ECG, fall detection and more

The new wearable further cements the iPhone maker's dominance in the smart wearables space.
IDC wearables figures Q2 2018

IDC: Worldwide wearables up 5.5% due to gains in emerging markets

Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan), Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa and Latin America grew 14% YoY as basic wristbands are still in high demand.
OptraGURU

Alexa-powered OptraGURU launches as the first conversational digital genetic assistant

It aims to change the way consumers, genetic counselors, and scientists interact with genetic data and how they engage with genetic testing providers.
Apple Watch - heart sensor

Cardiogram study: Apple Watch can detect diabetes with an 85% accuracy

Researchers used data from 14,000 Apple Watch users and was able to detect that 462 of them had diabetes by using the Watch's heart rate sensor.
Google patents sensing milieu in the bathroom

Google files a patent for a smart bathroom

The filing describes the usage of optical sensors placed in patients' devices or belongings to capture data on individual's cardiovascular function.
Omron Healthcare Product Family

Omron unveils a real blood-pressure smartwatch

The company has also unveiled the Omron Blood Pressure Monitor + EKG, the first single at-home device in the U.S. that measures blood pressure and EKG.