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PTSD Exposure Therapy in VR: Importance of Storytelling & Emotional Presence in Healing Trauma

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VR is used to incrementally trigger an embodied sensory experience in PTSD patients by placing soldiers within the virtual sights, sounds, feelings, and smells of common combat scenarios in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Exclusive: First-Ever Impact Reality Summit Announces 2020 Lineup

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Animating the Future : this conversation with Baobab Studios CEO Maureen Fan and CCO Eric Darnell will focus on how they craft their immersive narratives, how XR will impact future generations, and what’s next for the acclaimed production house. ” The Key USA, Iraq | 2019 | 15 Min | Creator: Celine Tricart.

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Why Smells Are So Difficult To Simulate For Virtual Reality

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Using your nose in VR might sound slightly unnecessary, superfluous even – an optional extra once visuals, audio and haptics have been perfected. Smell has been used in VR PTSD treatment previously, he explains, but until now the difference it makes to immersion has not been quantified. But one sense Abrash didn’t mention was smell.