BURN PATIENT participates in a virtual-reality program to relieve the pain of his wound care at Harborview Burn Center in Seattle (above). Wearing a headset and manipulating a joystick, the patient maneuvers through the program called SnowWorld (right), which was specifically designed to ease the pain of burn victims. Studies show that virtual-reality programs are more effective than ordinary v...

graphic and content of the system, although the significant savings in rehabilitation can offset such costs. Also, VR rehabilitation, except for the CAVE-like technology, is portable and easier to distribute. Therapists can take VR equipment around with them and carry out sessions in people’s homes. This is particularly useful for patients, like people with agoraphobia, who due to their conditi...

introduction: development. it is a lifelong condition, with symptom that appears in early childhood. these people have problem in social skills, communicating with others and expressing their feelings. these people specially have difficulties with the surrounding world and recognizing objects. one of the most effective methods in educating the autistic children is “picture exchange communicatio...

Virtual reality (VR) exposure therapy is a common treatment for phobia and the efficacy of this technique has proved. The darkness phobia is one of the most common disorders among the children. This is the first research about the darkness phobia and using VR to treat the patients. The VR system designed in this article is composed from two parts: Mechatronic devices and graphics unit. As a chi...

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