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Expert View: 3 ways VR is transforming Learning & Development

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Throwback to 1966: The Beatles release “Revolver” , the Vietnam war rages on and Time Magazine reports on the effects of a strange new substance called LSD. He built head-mounted displays so that trainees could experience real-world scenarios too costly or dangerous to recreate in reality.

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Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

And we were able to do that, for example, with– there was a– Larry Hodges and Barbara Rothbaum developed a virtual Vietnam — back in the early 90s — that was very effective at treating post-traumatic stress disorder for Vietnam vets, some of who had been suffering from PTSD for decades. ” By Walter J.

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Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford's Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

And we were able to do that, for example, with-- there was a-- Larry Hodges and Barbara Rothbaum developed a virtual Vietnam -- back in the early 90s -- that was very effective at treating post-traumatic stress disorder for Vietnam vets, some of who had been suffering from PTSD for decades. And it also wasn't very comfortable to wear.

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Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

And we were able to do that, for example, with– there was a– Larry Hodges and Barbara Rothbaum developed a virtual Vietnam — back in the early 90s — that was very effective at treating post-traumatic stress disorder for Vietnam vets, some of who had been suffering from PTSD for decades. ” By Walter J.