Video Game More Effective Than Morphine, Say Doctors

Name: Video Game More Effective Than Morphine, Say Doctors
Uploaded: 2012-10-26T15:07:06+00:00
Duration: 1 min 4 s
Channel: Buzz60
Description: A virtual reality game being used to treated wounded members of the military is being hailed as more effective than morphine. The game called SnowWorld was developed at the University of Washington's HITLab, initially to help those combat their fear of spiders. The game involves focusing on throwing snowballs at penguins while listening to Paul Simon. Patrick Jones has the story.

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14 years ago

A virtual reality game being used to treated wounded members of the military is being hailed as more effective than morphine. The game called SnowWorld was developed at the University of Washington's HITLab, initially to help those combat their fear of spiders. The game involves focusing on throwing snowballs at penguins while listening to Paul Simon. Patrick Jones has the story.