Virtual reality therapy: What is it and how does VR therapy work
reate a system that would allow people to interact with computer-generated environments in a realistic way. His system, called the Sword of Damocles, used a headset and sensors to track the user’s movements and provide them with feedback. The system was very limited, however, and it wasn’t until the early 1990s that virtual reality therapy began to be used more widely. In 1992, psychiatrists at the University of California, Los Angeles, developed a virtual reality system called Virtual Vietnam.