Doctors often describe burn pain as the worst pain imaginable. For the past 16 years, burn patients have been getting some relief, thanks to a virtual reality game developed by researchers...
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no ordinary video game. This is Snow World, a
virtual reality game that helps manage the
pain of burn patients while they undergo wound care. MAX DANTZLER: I think other
people will kind of like it, too. STACY SAKAMOTO: It was developed
by two University of Washington researchers, Psychology
Professor David Paterson. HUNTER HOFFMAN: You know,
there's still a lot of work to be done figuring-- STACY SAKAMOTO:
And Hunter Hoffman, director of the Virtual
Reality Research Center at the Human Photo...