Interactive Augmented Reality Exposure Treatment
By Andreas Dünser Augmented Reality (AR), a technology that overlays virtual content on the real world, has great potential for exposure treatment and in some cases may be more efficient…read more →
Author: Brenda Wiederhold
President of Virtual Reality Medical Institute (VRMI) in Brussels, Belgium. Executive VP Virtual Reality Medical Center (VRMC), based in San Diego and Los Angeles, California. CEO of Interactive Media Institute a 501c3 non-profit Clinical Instructor in Department of Psychiatry at UCSD Founder of CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy, & Social Networking Conference Visiting Professor at Catholic University Milan.
C&R in Belgium
Belgium, like many Northern European Countries, is regarded as having a very high standard of living. Belgium has a complex history as a relatively new country with three defined communities;…read more →
Augmented Reality: What is it and How is it Enhancing Healthcare Today?
By Mark D. Wiederhold & Brenda K. Wiederhold While Virtual Reality (VR) has been a more established field of research for some time, Augmented Reality (AR) is a slightly newer…read more →
FROM WHERE WE SIT: The Two Sides of Virtual Reality in Medicine
➣ By Giuseppe Riva In this and in the last issues we reviewed in this journal different applications of virtual reality (VR) in medicine. All of these researchers share a…read more →
Conference Participation Report: Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR) 19
International Association of CyberPsychology, Training & Rehabilitation (iACToR) Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR) 19 February 9-11, 2012 Newport Beach, California At the 19th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference (MMVR19)…read more →
Product Comparison Chart: Enhancing VR with Drugs
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Cybertherapy in Medicine – Clinical Applications to Reduce Pain and Anxiety
➣ By José Luis Mosso Vázques et al. From the beginning of the 21st century, many authors have analysed and published reports on the benefits of applying virtual reality to…read more →
Glucocorticoids Enhance Extinctionbased Psychotherapy in Virtual Reality
➣ By Dorothee Bentz et al. Exposure therapy is a state-of-the art treatment approach for anxiety disorders with a high success rate. During exposure therapy, a patient exposes himself systematically…read more →
Modulating the Pain Experience with Virtual Reality Distraction
➣ By Sam Sharar et al. Since its inception in 1997, the Virtual Reality Analgesia Program at the University of Washington (Seattle, WA) has sought to explore and understand the…read more →
Letter from the Secretary General and Editor-in-Chief
Dear Reader, Augmented reality (AR) allows interactivity of both Virtual Reality and real-world elements. Some users wear special glasses that allow them to see the world as it is, as…read more →