In addition to the application of entertainment in the area of ​​virtual reality, virtual reality has become increasingly diversified. Virtual reality also creates a whole new situation for psychotherapy. In April this year, Deutsche Bank released the latest VR report, saying that doctors and therapists are trying to treat mental illness by creating personalized virtual reality scenarios. For example, the University of Southern California School of Innovation and Technology launched a virtual reality therapy. In the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, a London company also uses virtual reality technology to treat phobias.
Due to technical limitations, traditional therapy for the treatment of phobias is often hampered in operation and may cause patients to have nervous breakdown due to uncontrollable operations. Through VR technology, such difficulties can be greatly improved. VR exposure therapy will use a device such as a head-mounted display to create a highly simulated world for patients, and doctors can adjust the level of environmental terror according to the patient's condition. Sometimes doctors can immerse themselves in the VR world together with patients. The patient is given the right medicine to compare with his own condition.
Recently, media reported that researcher Gail Alvares came up with a very simple method to help children with autism. As part of the work of the University of Western Australia and the Telethons Kids Institute, Alvares is developing a game that hopes to help autistic children master important social skills. This game is tentatively named "Frankie and Friends" and aims to help children with autism deal with social information.
It is reported that this game is mainly aimed at social skills. It can teach children to distinguish other people's emotions, or to focus on other people's faces rather than objects, as well as an ability called common attention, which means that one can Others establish eye contact and pay attention to the same object for a certain period of time.