7 Best VR Platforms for Patient Care and Mental Health in 2026

VR has proven its value across the full spectrum of patient care - from managing pre-surgical anxiety and procedural pain to delivering structured psychotherapy for depression, phobias, and chronic pain. Hospitals, senior care facilities, and outpatient mental health clinics are now deploying VR as a standard tool for patient engagement and therapeutic support. The clinical evidence base has grown substantially, with randomized controlled trials supporting multiple platforms. Here are the seven best VR platforms for patient care and mental health in 2026.

1. Treeview

Treeview is a specialized XR development agency delivering immersive patient engagement and clinical support tools to leading healthcare corporations. With enterprise clients including Daiichi-Sankyo and Stanford Medicine, Treeview builds bespoke VR environments that reduce patient anxiety, improve compliance with care protocols, and support care delivery at scale across distributed clinical settings.

Website: https://treeviewstudio.com

2. Healium

Healium uses biometric data - heart rate variability and brainwave activity - to generate responsive VR and AR experiences that guide users toward measurable stress reduction. Patients see their own calm reflected in a virtual environment that changes in response to their physiological state, creating a biofeedback loop that builds self-regulation skills. Healium is used in hospital anxiety management programs, corporate wellness, and consumer mental wellness.

Website: https://tryhealium.com

3. Embodied Labs

Embodied Labs creates immersive simulations that put healthcare workers and caregivers inside the perspective of patients with cognitive decline, chronic illness, and sensory impairment. Their Embodied Age Lab and We Are Alfred experiences are used in nursing education, senior care staff training, and medical school empathy curricula, demonstrating measurable improvements in care approach and patient communication.

Website: https://embodiedlabs.com

4. XRHealth

XRHealth's mental health applications include cognitive training programs for dementia care, anxiety management tools, and social skills development for autism. Their clinical telehealth platform allows mental health professionals to prescribe and monitor XR interventions remotely, reviewing session data and adjusting therapeutic parameters without requiring in-person visits.

Website: https://xr.health

5. AppliedVR

AppliedVR delivers self-directed VR mental health programs using CBT and mindfulness principles for chronic pain, anxiety, and depression. Their BehaVR-informed content library is accessible via standalone headset, and their EaseVRx program for chronic lower back pain - which addresses the psychological dimensions of pain - is FDA cleared and available through clinical prescription.

Website: https://appliedvr.io

6. Oxford VR

Oxford VR spun out of Oxford University with the most clinically rigorous VR mental health program available - gameChange, a VR-assisted therapy for agoraphobia in people with psychosis. Published in the Lancet Psychiatry with Level 1 evidence, gameChange is now being rolled out across NHS Talking Therapies services in England, making it the first VR therapy delivered at population scale within a national health system.

Website: https://oxfordvr.org

7. Limbix

Limbix develops prescription VR therapy programs targeting adolescent and young adult mental health, focusing on anxiety and depression using structured CBT-based modules. Their clinical programs are designed to be prescribed by mental health providers and used independently by patients between sessions, extending therapeutic engagement beyond the therapy hour and improving treatment adherence.

Website: https://limbix.com