Apollo Hospitals on Thursday announced a collaboration with California-based 8chili Inc, a deep-tech startup which will provide virtual reality (VR) to increase patient engagement.
Patient counselling pre/post-operation in virtual reality will help increase patient outcomes by bringing generic environments filled with relaxing narratives, which will induce control over one’s own body and physiological response. It will also engage the users in virtual reality-mediated activities to empower their abilities to regulate emotion.
Prathap C Reddy, chairman, Apollo Hospitals, said :“At Apollo Hospitals, we are constantly exploring ways to enrich and expedite the healthcare community, and the patient experience. Virtual reality will change how both these things are done. 8chili is a leader in the VR space and we are excited to work with them to integrate VR solutions into our care continuum.”
8chili has enabled more than 300 hours of 3D content creation in the last six months. The platform is trusted by some of the leading education and healthcare institutions in the world for teaching and training students and staff, and to engage patients for pre-op and post-op consultation and therapy.
Sangita Reddy, joint MD, Apollo Hospitals, said, “Our need to train healthcare professionals to the standard operating procedure (SOP) of care effectively and efficiently just keeps growing. We strongly believe 8chili’s platform helps us deliver VR immersive training at scale and efficiencies.”
8chili delivers the content to any metaverse real estate on any virtual reality device (Cardboard, Oculus, Vive) over 4G internet speeds helping organizations easily manage, measure and optimize their metaverse strategy.
Aravind Upadhyaya, founder, & CEO, 8chili, said :“From the beginning, our focus has been to deliver a platform that makes it easier for organisations to tap into the full potential of the metaverse. We are very excited about working with Apollo Group Hospitals as this allows us to deliver the immersive experience to the millions of patients they serve.”
