VR can already help people heal — and it’s just the beginning
VR can already help people heal — and it’s just the beginning
- February 10, 2018
- Tom Boellstorff, anthro, via VentureBeat, Feb. 10, 2018
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[Donna] Davis and her colleague, Tom Boellstorff at UC Irvine, were invited to join
the newly formed virtual support group for others suffering from Parkinson’s. They
have been meeting virtually for over seven years and Fran has developed a following
of support group participants that refers to this healing power of virtual reality
as “the Fran effect.”
For the full story, please visit https://venturebeat.com/2018/02/10/vr-can-already-help-people-heal-and-its-just-the-beginning/.
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