Ten years ago- the term “virtual reality”  existed mostly within the realms of gaming and science fiction.  But future virtual environments may change how some clinicians deliver health care.  New research shows that beyond the most basic uses of virutal environments--training pilots, for example--scientists and doctors are using VR to asses and sometime rehabilitate a range of psychological, cognitive, and motor disorders.

 Today, Where We Live, we’ll talk with leaders in the field, who are using manipulated settings and virtual humans to understand real-life problems.

*****Albert “Skip” Rizzo, the inventor of Virtual Iraq, will deliver a talk about the future of virtual reality research and its clinical applications on Thursday, March 26 at 12:30 p.m.  His presentation, “Clinical Virtual Reality: A Brief Review of the Future,” is sponsored by UConn’s Center for Health, Intervention and Prevention (CHIP) and will be held in CHIP’s second floor video conference room (Ryan Refectory, Room 204).