A study at the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center showed that some breast-cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy experienced less fatique and fewer side effects when hooked up to virtual-reality systems during treatments:
"On the first day of treatment, at the invitation of Linda Hood, nurse coordinator for the virtual reality project, Oakley donned a pair of I-Glasses SVGA, or audio/video glasses, positioned a pair of ear pads and explored a computer-generated scuba dive, engaging several of her senses at once. ... Schneider took care to select the proper computer simulations. Simulations requiring too much focus on details, such as a flight simulator or a game requiring rapid mouse clicks, can be overly demanding on chemotherapy patients or produce unwelcome nausea. ..."
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