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This was truly an amazing experience!

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:01 *🎙️ Introduction to Virtual Reality Applications* - Dr. Skip Rizzo introduces the intersection between virtual reality and clinical applications. - Examples of VR applications in psychological, cognitive, and physical therapy are highlighted. - Use cases of VR simulations in treating post-traumatic stress disorder and cognitive assessment are discussed. 05:03 *🚀 Virtual Humans in Clinical Applications* - Virtual humans, such as virtual patients, are leveraged in various clinical training scenarios. - Applications of virtual humans in job interview training for individuals on the autism spectrum are explained. - The role of virtual humans in delivering healthcare information and guiding users to relevant resources is illustrated. 08:21 *🌟 Virtual Reality for Mental Health and Rehabilitation* - Virtual Reality can act as an aviation simulator for testing, training, teaching, and treating cognitive and motor functions. - The importance of immersion, interaction, and engagement in VR applications for mental health and rehab is emphasized. - The innovative ways VR can be used to enhance exposure therapy, pain management, motivation, measurement, and engagement in clinical settings are discussed. 26:44 *🧠 Virtual human interactions in VR* - Virtual characters in VR can provide cathartic interactions or help practice social skills - Spiritual virtual humans with AI can facilitate clinical interviews in a safe environment - Users may disclose more personal information to virtual humans due to reduced fear of judgment 28:23 *🌌 Directed activation and therapeutic VR experiences* - VR can be used to create calming environments for confronting fears or difficulties - Directing VR experiences towards confronting issues can have therapeutic value - Applications like the sexual trauma experience have shown effectiveness in treating PTSD 29:20 *🕹️ Accessibility and future developments in VR therapy* - Low-cost headsets like Oculus Quest can be used for therapeutic VR experiences - Developing pods without wearing headsets for a more comfortable immersive experience - Training virtual patients for psychedelic therapy can help clinicians practice in a controlled environment 31:08 *🧪 Importance of science in VR and psychedelic therapy* - Emphasizing the importance of science and evidence-based practices in VR and psychedelics - Cautionary tale of potential pitfalls in the integration of VR and psychedelics - Advocating for a thoughtful and considerate approach to utilizing VR in therapy Made with HARPA AI

We need to talk

The fps alone can give me a very bad ptsd

Day 1 im askin why “Skip”

Brilliant initiative, Skip! 👏👏👍🏼👍🏼

Thanks Skip, Tamar and Naomi for a great conversation! I noticed myself nodding along in agreement as I was listening. @Naomi, it's been more than 10 years that Tamar was so kind and invite me to Israel to discuss how to best scan complex environments so they can be used in simulations. We're definitely very close to achieving that so many years later (and were able to do so back in the day as well), it's just a matter of simplifying the technology and making it widely available so larger environments can be scanned. Individual objects and small scenes are already "easy" to scan with many phones and specialized apps, albeit not at the quality that I would like to have. Tamar, Naomi, I wish you and your families all the best in these difficult times. @Skip, looking forward to the next talks in the series. Best, Sebastian

"Promo sm" ✨

bro this has a vibe of a shitpost

I just finished reading the book War Play as research for a game I'm working on. Glad to see this research is continuing.

Your mom is fantastic, Skipper! 🥰

Powerful stuff. Wow, you need to research S M Z E U S!!!

1:11 You sure that kid wasn’t possessed lol

Nah, i move all ways to make sure i am safe and that i can see the most of my walks. I guess this is a thing not all do.

My father is hosting a Ukrainian family here in the US who have been displaced from their home due to the war. He is fully set up for virtual reality and familiar with the technology. Is there a way we could get connected with this project? Who would we contact about joining future sessions? Thank you!

Flying plane inside the classroom I wish

Wow, when my father was a refugee, the top of his priority was FOOD and roof over his head. How things changed. Now refugees can get VR set, computer and internet access.

How did you mount it to the drone?

This is creepy not the face its like me everyday even since I was young.

Spectrum news is Very one sided and just wish they would stay centered but you can see they are a democratic news station. Cant wait to change them when we move.

ADHDs about to kick that guys ass for walking by AGAIN IN THOSE DAMN SHOES!

that's so funny and sad at the same time XD

Great episode, Skip👍

Haha fun how it is so inaccurate

Linda Jacobson, the legend!

Lmao it feels insulting but funny tho

Wow! Only the good die young is a truer statement than any!

Just watched this interview and as a parent with a child with behavioural difficulties I cant wait for this to hopefully enter his world and help him...

Really value the emphasis on ethics and latest trends. Both of you are doing such great work as leaders in XR.

Outstanding interview! I appreciate the stories and insights you both share.

Every soldier goes to hell as punishment. Some in life.

Bro sigues por ahí?

Funny, unsure if this is accurate to me though. I thought everyone looks at new "wtf is that sound" noises

Fantastic work! Thank you for your undying efforts to save people. Phenomenal.

Keep doing this

Fascinating conversation! Thank you Skip and Brett for beaming us into the future.

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I see Vietnam almost every night. Half century later, it remains like a stain. Why the hell would I ever want to watch any of these cartoon scenarios? Why continue to experience the horror that was combat in Vietnam? No thanks. I’ll pass. All I need to do is close my eyes to see it again. Don’t need a fancy computer. Want to make it realistic? Make the guy carry body parts to a helicopter, or sit on a dead VC and eat lunch before trying to match parts to bodies. And that doesn’t even include the battle itself. Helicopters and rice paddys are just flirting with the edges of reality there. Program smell-o-vision so they can smell the blood, feces and urine of a dead body, or better, the smell of a man’s final breath. Make it really real. Then you might have something.

I have trauma for sex from a pychychopat man how can i heal

I understand why they did it, but resolving the situation by showing that the body was mined was a mistake, as far as I'm concerned. In war, you don't have the luxury to always have been right in hindsight. You might have to shoot someone and later learn that they were a civilian. You might get your own killed, despite your best intentions. This is a situation that went right, but soldiers need to be prepared for when things go wrong.

Bron how old are u

Are these games available?

Needs better captioning: I cannot use this in my psychology classes because it is not fully accessible.

Interesting.

Maybe the tech can be leveraged for more than PTSD. I think there is a way to do that.

15:18 Amazing

Remarkable. Never saw a demo of Bravemind before. Amazing to see all the progress that has been made.

This could develop in super interesting way. A mechanism for prospecting job candidates.

That's pretty cool. So DMF licensed the tech from your lab Mr. Rizzo?