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PHOBOS: VR Exposure Therapy - INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN IS LIVE
The time has finally come. After long months of preparation in all fronts we are almost ready to undertake the next 7 weeks of campaigning to raise funds to continue PHOBOS' development.
We are leaving the comfort of our development environments to step out into uncharted territory. Our questions far surpass our certainties.
We don't know if this nascent niche that is Virtual Reality has yet achieved the potential size to enable us to scale up our efforts or what percentage of you are convinced on the idea of using VR for therapeutic and research applications.
One thing I can tell you. When I decided I should go for it talked to hundreds of people of every walk of life: clinicians, enthusiasts developers, artists, scientists business reps, test subjects, faculty professors, students and yes, people who had hardly or ever heard about the word Virtual Reality.
Not a single one turned around and walked uninterested. When you <strong>tell</strong> people about the possibilities of VR, they become intrigued. When you let them experience VR and ask them to <strong>imagine</strong> the possibilities of this technology after what they saw, they are amazed.
I am convinced that this technology is here to stay and to revolutionise the way we communicate, work, experience art or spend our free time.
We are putting all our effort in making PHOBOS a reliable and flexible tool for researchers and clinicians alike.
In the coming weeks we will be ramping up the frequency of our communications in order to keep you up to date about our progress, interesting research that we have heard of and the repercussions that the campaign may have.
Thank you to all of you that have reached out to us, expressed support, help us spread the word or simply wanted to chat.
I'm glad to explore this new horizon with you
Check out our campaign at:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/phobos-anxiety-management-vr-platform/x/2763200
Fernando Tarnogol
Founder
2 Replies
- This sounds really interesting! You are using flooding to help cure phobias. In my university classes I always bring up how VR can help out with many mental health issues.
I am also in psychological research, all the way up in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. We are focusing on video gaming, virtual reality and dreaming.
I will defiantly show my professors and students around the school about your campaign and see if I can gather some support for you! - Thank you so much anntastic010. Every bit of support we can get will help us deliver PHOBOS in time for the launch of the consumer rift.
We had a good start but in the past 2 days we've lost that momentuum.
Again, thank you very much for your support!
