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Immersion in virtual reality scenes of the Arctic helps to ease people’s pain

IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON Watching immersive 360 videos of icy Arctic scenes helps to relieve intense burning pain and could hold hope for treating chronic pain, a small study has found. Scientists from Imperial College London have found that using virtual reality headsets could combat increased sensitivity to pain, by immersing people in scenes of icebergs, frigid oceans and sprawling icescapes. In a...