Abstract

The application of virtual reality (VR) technology to psychiatry and clinical psychology is a new treatment modality that promises to revolutionize many aspects of the clinical care industry. Virtually Better™ (Virtually Better, Inc., Atlanta, GA) is a virtual reality exposure therapy system designed to reduce fear and avoidance in phobic patients. Virtually Better consists of custom VR software and models of virtual environments that have been carefully designed to support exposure therapy of anxiety disorders. Virtually Better therapy systems combine recent research and technological advances in Virtual Reality with the most advanced developments and clinical practice in exposure therapy.

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