Summary Of Total Immersion

Many people are suffering from treat phobias, PTSD, burns and phantom-limb syndrome. Facing these problems, virtual reality (VR) is employed to help people with misery. In “Total Immersion: How VR Is Transforming Everything from Education to Medicine,” Liat Clark describes how VR impacts healthcare industry. She begins this essay by illustrating an example to show VR’s effect on improving patient’s condition and treating phobias. Chris Merkle, an American soldier, watches one of his most exhausting day during the initial push in Iraq, sitting in a specially designed chair and talking with his therapist. VR helps him overcome his nightmares about road rage. Another example, displaying how it works for debridement, is a patient distracted from