1. Virtual Reality Rotating Sphere Taiseer Sulail

2. Virtual Reality Rotating Sphere opens up virtual reality to a much broader and complete experience solves one of the most troubling elements of virtual reality – allowing people to move around in virtual environments in a natural way.

3. A pplications Training –Firefighters –Police –Astronauts –Others Psychological Therapies Games

4. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder –Traumatic experiences resurface with trigger (cues) 35% Iraqi vets have PSTD –Many people with PTSD episodes violent High rate of Iraqi vets with PTSD commit abuse of family High rate of Iraqi vets with PTSD commit homocide Highest rate of suicide among vets are Iraqi vets with PTSD Traditional therapies not effective –Take patients into traumatic experience See in controlled environment Learn coping mechanisms

5. Why Important It is a world filled with PTSD situations: –Economic trauma –Rape, –Wars, –Natural disasters –Terrorism Need effective treatment for PTSD

6. Rotating Sphere and PTSD Give new insight into PTSD even if there is no cure Improve mental health of society –Treated patients less violent –Reduces number of cases of PTSD Prevent future cases of PTSD

7. References: Iraq Troop’s PTSD Rate as High as 35 Percent, Analysis Finds. Science Daily. September 15, 2009. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090914151629.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090914151629.htm Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a Medical Warning Sign for Long- Term Health Problems, Study Suggests. Science Daily. February 15, 2008. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080213090510.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080213090510.htm The New Virtual Reality: Human-Interface Engineers Create Virtual- Reality Experience by Letting Users Walk in Rotating Sphere. Science Daily. April 1, 2006. http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2006/0409- the_new_virtual_reality.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2006/0409- the_new_virtual_reality.htm Virtual Iraq Stimulation to Study Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Science Daily. May 15, 2007. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070514155402.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070514155402.htm