MedCity News February 17, 2020
Joel Berg

The company plans to start in April with between 150 and 200 Oculus Quest headsets that its sales reps will distribute to surgeons. The company hopes to get data in return.

Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is gearing up to put virtual reality headsets in the hands of surgeons who use its products.

The company is partnering with startup Osso VR to distribute between 150 and 200 Oculus Quest headsets in the U.S. starting in April, with a goal of expanding the program worldwide over time, two J&J executives said in a phone interview.

“Before Oculus, this was really difficult to do because the equipment was large and bulky, and now we really have, I think, a much more portable...

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