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FIG 7. BRAVEMIND SYSTEM SETUP:
a. CLINICIAN INTERFACE FOR MODIFYING VR SETTINGS IN REAL-TIME TO MATCH USER EXPERIENCES;
b. SEATED USER WEARING A VR HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY IN DRIVING SCENARIO WITH TRADITIONAL GAMEPAD;
c. USER IN WALKING SCENARIO WITH RIFLE MOUNTED MINI GAMEPAD
and process them in different ways. Thus, assisting a patient in the process of confronting and re-processing difficult emotional memories in VR has been shown to also be an effective approach in the treatment of PTSD.
In 2003, the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies began the process of developing the BRAVEMIND system. The design vision was to provide a tool for clinicians in the treatment of PTSD and to produce a system that might also be of value as a research tool for measuring, documenting, and learning about PTSD. Using such a controlled stimulus environment to conduct studies that would help to better understand the brain and biological factors that could serve to