ProSieben Galileo⠀•⠀Fight Fear of Heights with VR

1 out of 4 people have a fear of heights (also known as Acrophobia). Thanks to the increasing popularity of the VR technology, psychologists make use of 360-glasses in order to cure their patients’ fear. Research shows that 87.5% of participants reduced their fear of height after a Virtual Reality treatment. How does this work and does it really cure the fear or heights?

TV Show:
Galileo
TV Channel:
ProSieben
Producer:
Sascha Sporschill, Olcay Özdemir
Filming Location:
Germany
Reached audience:
ca. 1.7 million

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