Snow World – Virtual World Treats Burn Patients
November 24th, 2008 
Health, New Media, Virtual Worlds 
Mark Kizelshteyn
As technology gets cheaper and its availibility increases, the possibilities of using virtual worlds for both physical and social rehabilitation is endless. I am confident this is one of the key industries that will develop in the coming years (as soon as the US economy receives it’s therapy). Virtual World News reported on Snow World, which is a virtual environmet used to mitigate the pain associated with skin grafting of burn patients. The research is being led by Hunter Hoffman, director of the UW’s VR Analgesia Research Center and co-creator of the virtual environment.
Virtual World News Writes: “Patients report feeling less pain, fMRI scans show a reduction in actual brain signals, and doctors anecdotally noted a wider range of movement from patients in physical therapy sessions.”
It is amazing. Watch the video here:
via: Virtual World News (thanks!)
Tags: Medical, Research, Snow World, Therapy, Virtual Worlds
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