A Virtual Out-of-Body Experience Reduces Fear of Death.

Immersive virtual reality can be used to visually substitute a person's real body by a life-sized virtual body (VB) that is seen from first person perspective. Using real-time motion capture the VB can be programmed to move synchronously with the real body (visuomotor synchrony), and also virtu...

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Main Authors: Pierre Bourdin, Itxaso Barberia, Ramon Oliva, Mel Slater
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5221792?pdf=render