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Go inside a virtual reality simulator used for treating PTSD

Dec 6, 2013
At a VA hospital in New York, veterans are being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder inside a virtual reality simulator.

Using virtual reality video games to treat PTSD

Dec 5, 2013
Virtual reality simulations are being used to treat soldiers with a kind of therapy that predates the technology.

A new way to diagnose PTSD

Jun 17, 2011
Researchers are working on a way to diagnose PTSD in a way that's based on more than an interview with a physician. They're using sensors and...

Virtual reality can change how we behave in real reality

Apr 13, 2011
A Stanford University researcher has found that "virtual reality can change how people behave." People part of this research were asked to cut down...

Get a (second) life

Sep 1, 2010
A Japanese seaside resort is teaming up with Konomi Digital Entertainment to create a vacation getaway for young men and their virtual girlfriends....