Paperplane Therapeutics is using VR for medical treatment.
Paperplane Therapeutics is using VR for medical treatment.
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Paperplane Therapeutics raises $1.5M to treat anxiety and pain with medical VR

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Paperplane Therapeutics has raised $1.5 million to treat patients for pain and anxiety using virtual reality, possibly making trips to the dentist more pleasant.

The Montreal, Canada-based company specializes in therapeutic virtual reality solutions for pain and anxiety management in healthcare.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.