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2. Virtual reality - Wikipedia

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   An operator controlling The Virtual Interface Environment Workstation (VIEW) [1] at NASA Ames around 1990. Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that employs 3D near-eye displays and pose tracking to give the user an immersive feel of a virtual world. Applications of virtual reality include entertainment (particularly video games ...

3. Extended reality - Wikipedia

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   Extended reality (XR) is an umbrella term to refer to augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR). The technology is intended to combine or mirror the physical world with a " digital twin world" able to interact with it, [1][2] giving users an immersive experience by being in a virtual or augmented environment.

4. Augmented reality - Wikipedia

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   Augmented reality (AR) is an interactive experience that combines the real world and computer-generated 3D content. The content can span multiple sensory modalities, including visual, auditory, haptic, somatosensory and olfactory. [ 1 ] AR can be defined as a system that incorporates three basic features: a combination of real and virtual ...

5. Virtual Reality and Health - WebMD

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   Research is ongoing, but early studies suggest VR can help ease: Pain. PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder) Specific fears (phobias) Depression. VR puts you in a 3D, computer-generated environment ...

6. Virtual Reality: How Is It Used in Medicine? - WebMD

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   VR helps with pain control in adults, as well. When VR is used along with medication, it can reduce the severe pain people have during wound care for burn injuries. It can also help people who ...

7. 360-degree video - Wikipedia

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   The use of the term "virtual reality" to describe 360-degree video has been disputed, as VR typically refers to interactive experiences wherein the viewer's motions can be tracked to allow real-time interactions within a virtual environment, with orientation and position tracking. In 360-degree video, the locations of viewers are fixed, viewers ...

8. What is Systematic Desensitization Therapy? - WebMD

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   3 min read. ‌Systematic desensitization therapy is a type of behavioral therapy used to treat anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), phobias, and a fear of things like snakes ...

9. Virtual reality therapy - Wikipedia

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   Virtual reality therapy (VRT) was pioneered and originally termed by Max North documented by the first known publication (Virtual Environment and Psychological Disorders, Max M. North, and Sarah M. North, Electronic Journal of Virtual Culture, 2,4, July 1994), his doctoral VRT dissertation completion in 1995 (began in 1992), and followed with the first known published VRT book in 1996 (Virtual ...