Digital Extended Reality (XR) technologies are increasingly adopted in many domains. Notably, XR technologies are being experimented with in healthcare and wellbeing. To address the growing research in these areas, the XR for Healthcare and Wellbeing Workshop will occur during IEEE VR 2023 (online virtual), focusing on XR (AR/VR/MR) technologies broadly applied to health and wellbeing and builds upon the 2022 edition. Join us on our Discord server.

The ubiquitous use of XR devices creates an excellent opportunity to further XR research to help support healthcare professionals and the wellbeing of people. XR has demonstrated many advantages to various healthcare and wellbeing areas; however, more research is required. Therefore, we aim to gather the intersection of researchers working in XR for healthcare and wellbeing from the VR/AR/MR, AI, and HCI communities to come together to share their ideas and discuss possible future grand challenges. 

The organizers solicit short paper submissions (up to 4 pages in VGTC conference format submitted via precision conference) with lightning talks at the workshop. Submission types include but are not limited to the introduction of systems developed for healthcare/wellbeing, healthcare/wellbeing application areas where XR has been deployed, or position papers arguing for new grand challenges for XR in healthcare/wellbeing. In addition, there will be break-out sessions to discuss the workshop's topics in more depth. Finally, we will have two invited talks, one from academia and one from industry.

Topics of interest (among others):

• • Addiction Recovery

  • Cancer Pain and Palliative Care

  • Education and Training via Simulation

  • Emergency Medical Care

  • Health Care

  • Medical Imaging (e.g. MRI, CT, PET, XRay)

  • Mental Health (e.g. Depression, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Stress, Anxiety)

  • Nursing and Midwifery

  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders (e.g. Autism, ADHD)

  • Pain Management (e.g. Chronic Pain and Acute Pain)

  • Patient Safety

  • Rehab and Physical Activity

  • Radiation Therapy

  • Surgery (e.g. Cardiac, General, Dental, Orthopaedic)

  • Telehealth

  • Wellbeing