World's First Human Head Transplant Patient Uses Virtual Reality to Prepare for His Operation

Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero is still determined to perform the world’s first human head transplant, having stated that recent advances in re-connecting spinal cords that are surgically severed has opened up the door to full human head transplants. Canavero has just announced that his patient, 30-year-old Valery Spiridonov who suffers from muscular atrophy, will spend much of his preparation time inside a virtual reality machine to get him used to his new body.