An mhealth platform uses augmented reality to help people confront fears, anxiety
恐怖症を治療するためのセルフヘルプツールとして、スマートフォンがそのまま組み込めるバーチャルグラスPhobiousを使用した取り組みが開始されている。心理面での治療でもバーチャル技術は活用の場が広がるであろう。
A team of physicists, psychologists and developers have produced a mobile health platform to make virtual reality and augmented reality more accessible as a self-help tool for treating phobias. Phobious, part of DreamIt Health Baltimore’s inaugural class, has developed a smartphone-enabled tool and is planning a September launch for its consumer product, which includes goggles and an iPhone or Android app.Read more: http://medcitynews.com/2014/04/smatphone-platform-uses-augmented-reality-help-people-confront-fears-anxiety/#ixzz30gCZGudR
Phobious comes to Baltimore by way of Barcelona. In addition to the consumer-facing tool, a clinician-facing track is under development. The consumer-facing platform will concentrate on phobias from insects and public speaking to needles. The company plans to market it without any guarantees of its effectiveness in curing these phobias. But it also plans to seek FDA clearance and a CE Mark from European regulators to use the device for treating post traumatic stress disorder and anxiety disorders.
