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Re:Half-Life: Alyx by plumbus420 on Thursday November 21, 2019 @01:57PM (#21597941)
This is the kind of the inverse, but apparently they are treating Veterans with PTSD with VR: https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/innovation/how-virtual-reality-...
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Re:Half-Life: Alyx by Balgair on Thursday November 21, 2019 @09:33PM (#21601936)
BraveMind is a heck of a system for sure. The 'guided' part of it really is a step forward.

Over at Children's Colorado and they are also trying out VR for pediatric pain management. It seems to be effective thus far.

VR's killer app may well be Alyx, but there are a lot of potential uses that are out there that can really help out.

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