Applications Of Virtual Reality

Many virtual reality applications include the entertainment industry and the application of VE in games and theaters. Architects use this technology to create virtual plan of their designed stuffs where people can walk through, feel and then decode. It’s an accurate idea how your house will look like after completion.

Automobile manufacturing industry uses the VR technology to create simulations. Clients take test drive before deciding on which model is the best for him. Virtual environments are utilized in training schedules mainly used by the military, medical students and eve the space program. Surgeons have tried using virtual reality technology to not only educate and train, but also to conduct remote surgery with the help of robotic devices. In 1998 at a hospital in Paris the first robotic surgery was performed.

Dr. Barbara Rothbaum from Emory University and Dr. Larry Hodges of the Georgia Institute of The use of virtual environments is done extensively in treating people with phobias and other psychological conditions. This is known as exposure where a patient is exposed -- under controlled conditions - to stimuli that cause him distress.

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