Objective To explore the effect of applying immersive virtual reality(VR) technology in health education regarding pulmonary rehabilitation for lung cancer patients, and to boost postoperative recovery of patients. Methods One hundred and twenty patients with early-stage lung cancer were randomly divided into 2 groups of 60 cases each.The control group received conventional health education, while the intervention group was additionally subjected to immersive VR technology powered health education on pulmonary rehabilitation. Results The intervention group had higher rate of health education contents mastery, higher rate of adhe-rence to pulmonary rehabilitation training, longer distance in six minute walk test, higher Barthel Index scores, higher rate of sa-tisfaction with health education, and lower scores on Borg Dyspnea Scale and Borg exertion scale, than the control group （all P＜0.05）. Conclusion Immersive VR technology powered health education on pulmonary rehabilitation for early-stage lung cancer patients, could help patients grasp health education contents, improve patient adherence to pulmonary rehabilitation training and health education satisfaction, and promote patients′ recovery.