EARLY MOVER ADVANTAGE: Medeiros and other researchers said future studies will compare the inexpensive headsets against one another. But because of Oculus's early availability, it has already become the most popular headset.
SAN FRANCISCO: To help treat soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder, Jennifer Patterson turned to a gadget typically associated with videogames: the virtual reality headset from Oculus, a company Facebook Inc bought for US$2bil (RM7.45bil) last year.
Patterson, an engineering student at the University of Pittsburgh, studied a software used on the prototype of the head-mounted display that creates virtual settings, such as a Middle Eastern-themed city or desert road, that soldiers would otherwise avoid, as a way to help them recover from their PTSD.
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