Recommendations for use
To increase the sense of immersion in Virtual Reality, you can include comments, questions or ideas in the session so the experience will seem more realistic to your patient.
Some examples for environments with animals:
- Now we are going to take a walk in a square where there will probably be pigeons.
- How do you feel when the dog approaches you? Does this make you feel uncomfortable?
- What sensations does the terrarium in front of you generate, now that it is empty?
- You are seeing some roaches approaching, what do you think could happen?
- At this moment you are going to feed a group of pigeons, and you are going to see that they surround you, are you ready?
- Now that you have a little spider in your hand, what makes you more anxious?
- The cockroach that just appeared is bigger than the previous one, how does that make you feel?
- Do you feel comfortable petting this cat? Does the fact that he opens his mouth make you anxious?
- Now you see that the terrarium is empty, but let’s see how it would look if there were small spiders in it; are you ready?