11 VIRTUAL REALITY COMPANIES IN HEALTH - TECHNOLOGY - 2025

Virtual reality does not have to be applied only to leisure and video games, but it can be a powerful tool that covers aspects unimaginable a few years ago, such as health.

It is true that virtual reality is being used more and more in the field of mental health since it has been proven that it works and that it has incredible advantages, such as recreating feelings and emotions in the person as if the situation were real, but in a safer environment.

Its use is spreading in multiple clinical centers and hospitals around the world, due to its easy use and because it is increasingly affordable. In addition, it should be noted that in psychology and psychiatry it is important to keep up to date and explore new ways to help patients.

Next, I present a list of the 11 companies that are dedicated to creating or managing virtual reality and augmented reality software with the aim of evaluating, monitoring and making effective treatments for users in the field of mental health.

All the companies included here offer innovative and quality alternatives; each with small variants that can be more adapted to certain types of patients.

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1- Psious

Founded by physicists Xavier Palomer and Dani Roig in 2013, it is a Barcelona company that is experiencing surprising growth. Its virtual reality technology is already being implemented in psychology consultations in different countries, in centers such as the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona, ​​the Johns Hopkins Hospital and even at Stanford University.

It focuses on the treatment of problems associated with mental health, using virtual reality platforms to achieve various purposes. For example, they include treatments for anxiety, fears, and phobias through controlled exposure to different environments. In addition, they also focus on relaxation techniques and mindfulness.

It has different forms of application that are simple and do not require specialized knowledge, one of these is virtual reality glasses in which you only have to place your Smartphone.

On the other hand, the level of exposure can be administered in each therapy, and may be more or less advanced according to each patient. In addition, it has the function of capturing physiological aspects of the person in order to know their degree of anxiety.

Another advantage it has over other similar platforms is its price, which is very affordable for professionals.

This company is one of the seven companies considered as “game changers” or that “change the rules of the game”, and has obtained an honorable mention in the HITLAB World Cup for being one of the most innovative companies associated with health.

2- NeuronUP

It consists of a web platform founded and directed by Íñigo Fernández de Piérola and focuses on neuropsychological rehabilitation. That is, for the recovery, replacement or maintenance of cognitive alterations that may appear after brain damage, aging, neurodevelopmental disorders, dementias, associated with disability or mental illness. Their exercises are suitable for all ages, differentiating between children and adults.

It has been developed thanks to the joint work of neuropsychologists, computer scientists and occupational therapists, and its aim is to be the perfect support for professionals in cognitive stimulation and rehabilitation.

An interesting advantage that it has is that the treatments can be adapted as much as possible to the patients, since it contains more than 6000 exercises and simulators that will help the patient to improve their cognitive functioning and develop their ability to carry out activities of daily life..

Another quality is that it has several formats to better adapt to each patient, and the level of difficulty can also be adjusted. The good news is that the professional has a margin of freedom in which she can design the ideal activities for each user, which leads to a personalized and intensive treatment.

A benefit for the professional who uses it is that it has a platform in which patients, exercises, and even communicate with the rest of the professionals can be managed through various devices to stay updated.

3- NeuroAtHome

This software has been founded by Pablo Gagliardo Villa García in 2012, receiving several national and international awards; such as the international Microsoft HealthInnovation Awards 2015, obtained for its innovative nature in the field of health.

Its function is the rehabilitation of deficits caused by neurological injuries or neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, and is distinguished by being the only platform that rehabilitates both cognitive and physical functions; since both aspects are essential for the recovery of this type of patients.

For example, users can both do exercises for balance, coordination, muscle strength, initiation of walking… and to maintain or regain attention, perception of space, memory, reading, calculation, cognitive flexibility, etc.

Another positive aspect of NeuroAtHome is that it can be used both in hospitals, residences or clinics as well as at the patient's home, being able to be anywhere in the world. The exercises performed are recorded to be observed objectively and see if they are producing the desired results.

This software designed by a multidisciplinary team for clinicians, and one of its main objectives is to achieve a more efficient and affordable rehabilitation of chronic diseases through virtual reality, tactile advances and the Kinect sensor.

This platform is already being used in various countries in Latin America and Europe.

4- VirtualWare

It is a technology company that develops a wide variety of products with different applications considered "serious games", together with the Burmuin Institute of Psychology.

They have developed a virtual reality application for King's College with the aim of investigating the relationship between elements of social performance and paranoid ideation. The person can enter the scenes through the Oculus Rift.

It also contains a manager to manage patients for the researcher or psychologist. This allows you to configure and customize therapies and change scenarios.

5- PREVI

From the Personality Disorders Unit, it has managed to develop and validate with the collaboration of the Jaume I University of Castellón and the University of Valencia and includes virtual reality treatments focused on: claustrophobia, the phobia of heights, the fear of flying, eating disorders, agoraphobia, or pathological gambling.

On the other hand, it has two augmented reality applications; which consists of the superposition of virtual components such as objects, beings, images or texts in the real world.

These applications have been enormously effective for the treatment of phobias, specifically in this case they treat acrophobia or phobia of heights and the phobia of small animals (cockroaches and spiders).

The good thing is that the professional can choose the number of animals, their size, their movement, etc. And the patient will feel more open to overcoming his phobia by thinking that it is something virtual and controlled, although it closely resembles reality.

In case it is of interest to you, the Jaume I University of Castellón, the University of Valencia and the Polytechnic University of Valencia have also carried out two self-applied telepsychology programs through the internet for fear of speaking in public (called “talk to me”) and for the phobia of small animals (“without fear”).

6- PsicoRV

It is a system developed by the InnovaTecno augmented and virtual reality laboratory, which offers multiple applications by providing hardware and software systems; among them Psychology.

The difference that this virtual and augmented reality platform has is that the professional does not depend on prefabricated scenarios, but can create new scenarios with total customization to adapt to the needs of each patient.

Thus, the psychologist can create or use an environment, placing buildings, furniture, animals, vegetation, etc. Besides being able to place events according to the proximity to an object, click or after a certain period of time; and you can add videos, texts, sounds, lights…

On the other hand, it has different configurations to be able to adjust to each center. It can be with the person alone, interacting individually with the virtual world or guided by a therapist.

There is also a variant in which the patient will act in the synthetic world accompanied by several spectators, which is useful for group therapy or in schools.

It is already used in several universities and falls within the best existing virtual and augmented reality options in the field of clinical psychology.

7- VR-EVO

It is directed by Yen Gálvez, and it is the first company focused on Generic Virtual Services in Spain, working for companies such as Coca-Cola, Telepizza, Nokia or Mediaset.

On the other hand, it is also the first virtual reality school in all of Spain; offering a specialized Master in this subject where you can learn how to design these systems and apply them. They have offices in Malaga and Madrid where you can get information without obligation, although you can also find out here.

They focus on many fields such as scientific simulations for research, experiments, the medical sector, marketing, virtual heritage such as museums or historical re-enactments, augmented reality, etc.

This company is excellent for the treatment of anxiety disorders such as phobias, or if you are thinking of applying virtual reality in research in psychology or health; although it could apply to everything you can imagine.

8- TWOREALITY

It was born in 2010 with the aim of helping companies create actions in virtual reality and stands out for its high quality.

It consists of an agency where professionals from different fields work such as animators, engineers, 3D modelers, photographers, etc. These work together to create the custom virtual reality design that the customer wants.

They cover many terrains, such as tourism, nautical or training and simulations. Therefore, if you have a large project that you want to apply to the field of mental health to do therapy and you want to design in a personalized and innovative way, this site is for you.

In addition, virtual reality glasses can be rented with packs of different components.

9- ARsoft

They have received several awards for their innovative work, for example, in 2012 the Junta de Castilla y León awarded them the award for the best business project, or in 2013 for Universia.

They work according to what the client demands, and they are specialists in augmented reality apps for different areas and location systems. In addition, they have virtual reality services; such as virtually product displays, spherical or 360 degree videos, etc.

ARsoft is developed by a young team of engineers who are experts in Augmented Reality, and they have offices in Salamanca and Madrid if you want to find out.

10- ATLANTIS VR

It specializes in the design and creation of virtual reality systems for everything you can imagine: museums, exhibitions, theme parks, aquariums, interpretation centers, marketing, etc. As well as health.

It has a large number of innovative products that can be applied to treatments in the field of psychology and health both in practice and in research and training, such as: motion capture, interactive floor, high-quality video animations, immersive three-dimensional surround system, etc..

It is very interesting to create from scratch if other platforms do not adapt to what you want, and it has worked for companies such as Mediaset or Parque Warner in Madrid.

11- Labpsitec

The Laboratory of Psychology and Technology develops multiple projects of great interest in the field of psychological intervention through virtual reality, as well as augmented reality, telepsychology, serious gaming, etc.

It belongs to the Jaume I University and the University of Valencia, and is directed by Dr. Cristina Botella, Professor of Clinical Psychology who also administers the Psychological Assistance Service (SAP).

One of his many projects is "the world of EMMA"; which aims to treat disorders associated with stressors and traumas through provoked emotions that help process, accept and overcome the events that have occurred.

They also include projects of phobia of heights, claustrophobia, agoraphobia, eating disorders, pathological gambling, etc.