Everyday Hero: Couple donates virtual reality headsets for cancer patients - Spectrum News

SALISBURY, N.C. — Cancer patients person the accidental to flight to different satellite portion receiving treatment.

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The Penumbra REAL i-series headset allows crab patients to play games, question virtually crossed the satellite and meditate

Samantha Haspel and her husband, Robert Ring, asked their wedding guests to donate wealth for the headsets alternatively of gifts

They raised much than $25,000 to bargain headsets for the Novant Health Wallace Cancer Institute

Samantha Haspel tried retired the Penumbra REAL i-Series headset erstwhile she was receiving attraction for lymphoma 4 years agone successful Pennsylvania.

“My anxiousness was truthful high, my slump was truthful high, and determination was nary escape,” Haspel said. “You are conscionable successful your body. This [the headset] for maine was a way of escape.”

She lives successful Salisbury and realized the headsets weren’t disposable astatine her section hospital. She was finishing up attraction and had an idea. She and her husband, Robert Ring, were preparing for a wedding.

“When it was clip for america to get married, we didn't request china, and we didn't request silverware,” Haspel said. “We are successful our 40s. We knew that different radical needed much than we did.”

The mates asked their wedding guests to donate wealth for virtual world headsets alternatively of gifts. They raised much than $25,000. This allowed them to acquisition much than 20 headsets for Novant Health Wallace Cancer Institute. Their generosity is helping different crab patients, similar Lori Santangelo

“It’s precise comforting,” Santangelo said. “Today was not 1 of my champion days. But I enactment this on, and it was like, ‘OK, I americium going to the beach.’ It conscionable relaxes you.”

Haspel is thrilled to cognize these devices are helping others similar her. 

The virtual world headsets tin besides beryllium utilized for carnal therapy rehabilitation. According to the company website, they see much than 10 hours of immersive content.