der vollständige Artikel:Have you ever gotten so immersed in a video game so fully that you lost track of time? You’re climbing the mountains of Skyrim or cruising the universe in Mass Effect, and the next thing you know it’s evening and you haven’t eaten anything in eight hours.
For Sam Brown, a soldier who was badly burnt in combat several years ago in Afghanistan, Video Games were were more than an escape. They were a vital part of an experimental treatment, removing him from the searing pain of reality by immersing him in a snow-covered digital world.
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Jono
February 1, 2012 at 8:25 PM
I studied at the sister HITLab in Launceston, Tas for a couple of semesters (would have done heaps more, but the Lab only started up in my last year of uni).. We were taught this and some other amazing stuff in an intro course to VR and AR – it’s absolutely amazing what this kind of tech can do to help people.
There is another program running with war vets suffering from PTSD – they are immersed in a VR which replicates the traumatic situation they went through.. it starts off incredibly basic and unrealistic, and gradually they increase the realism.. apparently it’s really helped some guys get over their PTSD.
Also AR has been used to help people with parkinsons – they can’t walk properly unless they can see straight lines on the ground – like the edges of stairs.. so the AR tech gives them “lines” on the ground to walk on.. and hey presto, they can walk again! I froth over tech helping people like this. Amazing stuff..
