Tag: therapy
VR in Marseille
The CRVM , VR research center in sunny Marseille, south of France, had the greatest idea of publishing lots of the videos of their work (in french). (I’m sure you can guess what software they’re using..) Here are…
Read More »Medecine meets VR – Interview of Dr. Rizzo
The “Medecine meets VR” conference, 17th edition, will be held in California on Januray 19-22. Their blog publishes an interview of Dr Albert “Skip” Rizzo who gave a keynote at Laval Virtual 2008. Here are some bits ranging…
Read More »Tsukuba Walking System
Just when I said nothing interesting was happening it seems lots of things are spawning ! From NewLaunches : University of Tsukuba Japan has developed a dome shaped virtual reality walking system for patients patients suffering from a…
Read More »Quebec Cyberpsychology Cave
Here’s a nice video (in french sorry) about a 6 faces CAVE used for therapy in Quebec. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoy7I1BGM5Y[/youtube]
Read More »AFRV – 2nd days
The french association for virtual reality (AFRV [fr], english page here) was holding its annual meeting in Marseille. Nearly all the major actors of VR in France were there. The complete photo gallery is here. – The 3x3x4m…
Read More »Designing VR Exposure Therapy Simulations for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders
Here’s an article on Serious Game Source by Ari Hollander from Imprint talking about how VR can help therapists : “Virtual reality (VR) provides a tool that can allow therapists to gradually intensify a simulation of the traumatic…
Read More »Virtual Therapy to quit smoking
This article (and video) at TechEBlog talks about a virtual therapy where patients are immersed in a virtual world filled with ‘smoking triggers’ to help them fight the will to light a cigarette. [googlevideo]http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-4067577751307892734[/googlevideo]
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