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

Road to VR

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. More: Here’s a 20-minute VICE Canada Story on Virtual Reality PTSD Exposure Therapy.

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How VR is Changing the Way We Think About Therapy

VRScout

Virtual Iraq VRET was developed from 2005-2007 as an answer to the military’s problem at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies. Over time, Virtual Iraq VRET advanced and morphed into project BRAVEMIND , which yielded exceedingly positive results through clinical trials.

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