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  • Cognitive behavioral therapy for...

    Depress Anxiety. 2005 Oct 17 Authors: Anderson PL, Zimand E, Hodges LF, Rothbaum BO This study used an open clinical trial to test a cognitive-behavioral treatment for public-speaking anxiety that utilized virtual reality as a tool for exposure therapy. Treatment was completed by participants... Read more ...

    Published on 10/22/2005 in Positive Technology Journal

  • Virtual reality cue reactivity assessment in...

    Cyberpsychol Behav . 2005 Oct;8(5):487-92 Authors: Bordnick PS, Graap KM, Copp HL, Brooks J, Ferrer M Abstract. Drug craving has purportedly been linked to relapse and to substance use. For over two decades, cue reactivity has been a viable method to assess craving and physiological react... Read more ...

    Published on 10/21/2005 in Positive Technology Journal

  • Free Survey - Human Movement Tracking and...

    This free-downloadable report by Huiyu Zhou and Huosheng Hu from Essex University (UK) reviews recent progress in human movement tracking systems in general, and stroke rehabilitation in particular. It is a wonderful resource for all researchers interested in technology-enhanced rehabilitati... Read more ...

    Published on 10/13/2005 in Positive Technology Journal

  • Virtual reality helps stroke patients learn to...

    Sept. 27 issue of Neurology reports results of a study, which has investigated the effect of simulator-based training on driving after stroke. The research has involved 83 subacute stroke patients randomly assigned to either simulator-based training or control group. Then, all patients were ... Read more ...

    Published on 09/29/2005 in Positive Technology Journal

  • The Virtusphere

    Via Engadget VirtuSphere is a 360-degree VR environment that allows for moving in any direction . The device consists of a large hollow sphere, placed on a special platform that allows the sphere to rotate in any direction as the user moves within it. Sensors under the sphere provide su... Read more ...

    Published on 09/23/2005 in Positive Technology Journal

  • Virtual goggles can help alleviate patients'...

    Via Wired Dentists are starting to use eyeglass systems for easing patients' anxiety and pain during dental procedures. Introducing a distraction has long been known to help reduce pain for some people during surgical operations. Because virtual reality is a uniquely effective new form of d... Read more ...

    Published on 09/12/2005 in Positive Technology Journal

  • You can walk and there is no limit

    Via the Presence-L Listserv (From The Seattle Times ) Christina Siderius, Monday, July 25, 2005 Walk in cyberspace: With virtual-reality software, users feel like they're moving even if they're actually sitting on the couch. VirtuSphere wanted to create a device that would allow the u... Read more ...

    Published on 08/03/2005 in Positive Technology Journal

  • VR is going to be cheap

    Via Tom's hardware guide Virtual Reality Therapy (VRT) offers treatment using simulated real life experience provided in a confidential setting. VRT has shown its effectiveness in several common phobias, including claustrophobia, fear of heights, fear of spiders, fear of driving, fear of fly... Read more ...

    Published on 07/21/2005 in Positive Technology Journal

  • !!! Groundbreaking virtual reality SONY patent...

    07 April 2005 Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition Jenny Hogan Barry Fox Imagine movies and computer games in which you get to smell, taste and perhaps even feel things. That's the tantalising prospect raised by a patent on a device for transmitting sensory data directly into the ... Read more ...

    Published on 04/08/2005 in Positive Technology Journal

  • Virtual reality for disabled individuals

    From the "Presence" listserv By ERIN BELL September 23, 2004 Special to The Globe and Mail Anyone who's used Sony's EyeToy for the PlayStation 2 console knows how much fun it can be to put yourself into a video game with the help of a camera. More advanced technology developed in Canada... Read more ...

    Published on 04/04/2005 in Positive Technology Journal

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