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

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Skip Rizzo heads the Medical VR Research Group at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies , which has been exploring how to use VR for psychological treatments, cognitive assessment, motor rehabilitation therapy, as well as interactions with virtual humans.

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Exclusive: First-Ever Impact Reality Summit Announces 2020 Lineup

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We are proud to share these wide-ranging filmmakers’ stories with the leading creators, technology leaders and funders in the XR industry.” . ” The Key USA, Iraq | 2019 | 15 Min | Creator: Celine Tricart. It features the music of Gold Panda.” ” Storyfile USA | 2017 – Present | Creator: StoryFile.

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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. Takamichi Nakamoto, head of the lab at the Tokyo Institute of Technology which created the device, says a “huge amount of data are required to establish odor components [of different smells].