What is the phobia you want to cure?
There is no time to list the phobias that people have in their hearts, such as high places, dark places, claustrophobia, tips, insects, and clowns. However, if you want to cure them, treatment in virtual space may help.
In the UPLOAD article, I will give some examples of VR software that can be played now and consider what kind of phobia can be overcome.
First of all, please enjoy "The Climb" where you can enjoy rock climbing with beautiful graphics.
This is a video from UploadVR.
Even if you are afraid of high places, you may be able to overcome your fear of heights by giving yourself more time to enjoy the beautiful scenery in the virtual space. It doesn't hurt even if it falls.
Next, the treatment for arachnophobia is "Arachnophobia", which makes it a little more chilling. Check out the IgnisVR video.
There is also a game called "ITSY!" That is more specialized for arachnophobia, but has friendly and cute spiders.
It seems to let the spider Bitzy play the game
It seems that there are quite a few insects whose arthropods are big. In "Arachnophobia", it doesn't seem to crawl up into your own hands, but it's chilling to be right next to you. It seems that you can increase or decrease the number of spiders according to your level.
From a psychological point of view, such treatments incorporating VR are not yet popular, so although mental health safety is not 100%, it seems that it is expected to be a field that will grow in the future. Based on that, psychologists also said, "It's better to get used to it little by little, instead of suddenly doing a hard rough treatment." In terms of law, it is a story that "there will be no problem."Occasionally, even in the TV program "Detective! Night Scoop", rough treatment is performed to overcome phobia, but surprisingly everyone can overcome it. However, since VR is an experience treatment in virtual space, the hurdle should be lower.
I also hope that VR will play an active role in this kind of medical care in the future.
source: YouTube 1, 2, STEAM, ITSY! Via UPLOAD
(Gensuke Okamoto)