Vox ex Machina » Don’t Like The Drugs But The Drugs Like Me http://www.voxexmachina.com Video Games Have A Voice Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:53:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.voxexmachina.com http://www.voxexmachina.com/favicon.ico Vox ex Machina Virtual Reality System In Tests To Help Drug Abusers http://www.voxexmachina.com/news/virtual-reality-system-in-tests-to-help-drug-abusers/ http://www.voxexmachina.com/news/virtual-reality-system-in-tests-to-help-drug-abusers/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:17:24 +0000 Nelson Williams http://www.voxexmachina.com/?p=1551 Because if there’s one thing drug addicts know, it’s altered realities. The system, being tested at Janus in Santa Cruz, allows patients to enter a simulation of real-world locations, like a house or a park, where they’re confronted by a situation that could drive them back to drugs. Say, a meeting with the wrong kind of friend, an old ex, or a party with drugs on tap. The patient can then practice their drug-avoidance skills in this safe, simulated environment.

Researchers have also found that patients in the virtual world are more likely to relax and open up with their feelings and experiences.

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