Can Samsung really use VR to improve fear of heights and intensive phobia?

In most of the current virtual reality applications, a lot of content is still focused on content experiences such as interactive games, but Samsung's recent application is to help people overcome the fear of heights and the psychological fear of speaking in front of everyone through virtual reality technology.

The "#BeFearless" campaign initiated by Samsung of Canada was first implemented at the beginning of this year through the Gear VR virtual reality application model, allowing the experiencer to gradually get used to the high-altitude situation through virtual reality rendering, thereby helping to improve the situation of acrophobia. . In addition, Samsung also uses virtual reality technology to enable people to get used to watching everyone's eyes, thereby improving the situation of dense sight phobia.

According to Oxford University research, using virtual reality to reproduce the situation, users who have phobia gradually become accustomed to help improve their fear, and Samsung plans to use VR technology to help more. Patients with phobias improve their symptoms.

In terms of Samsung's "#BeFearless" activity, in addition to using Gear VR with Galaxy S7, it also cooperated with Oculus in virtual reality application content, allowing users to gradually get used to the user through a four-week gradual virtual reality treatment. The inner fear of things, and thus improve the impact of phobia.

Most of the current virtual reality applications are mostly focused on interactive game content, but in fact, virtual reality technology includes applications such as experience reproduction, learning applications, or office collaboration. Samsung’s application of virtual reality technology to medical assistance actually shows Virtual reality has more possibilities for application.