Posted by crw on August 24, 2006, at 7:39:56
This is a company that is doing thing with Virtual Reality to combat phobias. I thought it was very interesting and there are a number of contact numbers. The below link explains their philosophy:
http://www.hitl.washington.edu/projects/exposure/
This is the link where I originally found this company:
http://www.beyondtomorrow.com.au/stories/ep27/virtualreality.html (btw - Beyond Tomorrow is a very cool show)
The link below has a list of their research projects:
The relevant ones are listed under cognition. The Water-Friendly Virtual Reality has a good pic of what it looks like
http://www.beyondtomorrow.com.au/stories/ep27/virtualreality.html
here's a link of Virtual Reality Therapy being used for post traumatic stress disorder
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,68575-0.html
Here are places that actually use VR Therapy. Unfortunately, no one in Texas does this.
http://www.virtuallybetter.com/con_prov.htm
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