{"id":23164,"date":"2024-08-05T08:03:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T12:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23164"},"modified":"2024-08-05T08:03:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T12:03:55","slug":"how-a-va-virtual-reality-headset-changed-a-veterans-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23164","title":{"rendered":"How a VA virtual reality headset changed a Veteran\u2019s life\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor the first time, I forgot about my pain and smiled,\u201d said Army Veteran and VA employee Gary Ruc when recalling his first virtual reality (VR) experience. Ruc took the stage for a deeply inspiring testimonial during the 2024 VA Immersive Summit, receiving a standing ovation from the crowd.  Continue reading<a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/133480\/how-virtual-reality-headset-changed-a-life\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/133480\/how-virtual-reality-headset-changed-a-life\/\"> here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) \u201cFor the first time, I forgot about my pain and smiled,\u201d said Army Veteran and VA employee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,562],"tags":[1467,87,245,107,1466],"class_list":["post-23164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-veterans-benefits","category-virtual-reality","tag-va-immersive-website","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care","tag-virtual-reality","tag-vr-headsets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23165,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23164\/revisions\/23165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}