The Loyola University Medical Center in Illinois will be one of the first hospitals in the U.S. to use a virtual reality game to help burn patients. By using SnowWorld, developed at the University of Washington, patients recovering from severe burns will enter a virtual ‘polar landscape of gently falling snowflakes, snowmen, penguins, igloos and icy rivers.’ But it’s not the cold effect that will reduce the patients’ pain. It’s the distraction from their pain. As said one of the developers, ‘It blocks your view of the real world. It blocks out everything. It helps you escape from your pain.’ But read more…

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The Loyola University Medical Center in Illinois will be one of the first hospitals in the U.S. to use a virtual reality game to help burn patients. By using SnowWorld, developed at the University of Washington, patients recovering from severe burns will enter a virtual ‘polar landscape of gently falling snowflakes, snowmen, penguins, igloos and [...]