DUTCH EXPERTS CREATE VIRTUAL REALITY THERAPY SOFTWARE
July 1st, 2006
BY MARK ROWE, in Munich
THE NOTION that people with phobias or who have been involved in traumatic events should confront their demons has become accepted psychological practice in recent years.
Now, however, this treatment is going a step further, in the form of a virtual reality simulator. What might seem to be a potential game for thrill-seeking teenagers - running through the streets of an earthquake-stricken city or plunging down a cave - in fact represents a new generation of treatment known as Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy and Training (VRETT).
The ...
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