The VR program UbiSim lets nursing students improve their diagnostic and people skills by practicing on virtual patients. With UbiSim, students wearing inexpensive Meta Quest VR headsets enter an immersive 3-D simulation of a hospital. There, the students learn to treat a diverse array of simulated patients facing a multitude of medical crises. For Shawn Boom, CEO of UbiSim's parent company Labster, It's all about finding a solution to one of the nation's most daunting workforce challenges — a simmering shortage of nurses that's only getting worse as the Baby Boom generation ages. UbiSim is designed to ease the burden of human instructors, allowing nursing schools to serve more students. The company says that nursing schools that have adopted the technology have been able to increase enrollment between 5% and 25%. In addition, UbiSim can simulate a great variety of medical scenarios, enabling students to hone their skills without putting patients at risk.