From: stgprao@st.unocal.COM (Richard Ottolini) Subject: Re: APPS: Virtual Reality and Psychology? Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1992 17:08:40 GMT Message-ID: <1992Oct21.170840.1428@unocal.com> Organization: Unocal Corporation In article <1992Oct21.083149.28813@u.washington.edu> Nicholas Stergiou writes: >Does anyone knows any applications of Virtual Reality on Psychology >(Sport Psychology?), like use of Virtual Reality environment as a >learning tool and results, etc. ? Yes. Jaron Lanier of VPL has been suggesting this for years, also for medical rebilitation and childhood development. A VR system can "alter the law of physics" for various purposes. One could slow down or ease up gravity or time, etc. to help people learn a physical skill. Alternatively, one could increase physical demands beyond the ordinary as a training stress. One could certainly make home sports devices more entertaining- you could ski, bike, run, canoe, parachute, climb- some simulated environment