I Cured My Spider Phobia With Virtual Reality
Virtual reality crosses the barriers of entertainment and now offers to counter our greatest fears. I tested the experience for you.
Posted today at 3:00 p.m.
The HUG Addictions Service offers to treat addictions but also phobias using virtual reality. So I tested their method to “cure” my arachnophobia.
DAVID WAGNIERES
The night is far from silent in the Amazon rainforest. Monkeys and nocturnal birds respond to each other. The crickets chirp in a darkness that only the beams of our flashlights can counter. As darkness reigns, the spiders dance. Or rather they weave, hunt and parade. Jorge, who knows the forest like the back of his hand, makes sure to show them to us.
