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Watch this keynote talk from IEEE VR 2025 where Professor Mavi Sanchez Vives from IDIBAPS-Hospital Clinic, Spain presents on "Virtual Reality for Pain Relief." Explore how virtual embodiment—the illusion that a virtual body is our own—can modulate pain thresholds in both healthy individuals and chronic pain patients. Learn about research showing how altering virtual body characteristics like skin color or size significantly affects pain perception across various conditions including peripheral nerve injury, complex regional syndrome, and fibromyalgia. Discover the development of personalized virtual environments specifically designed for chronic low back pain, with promising results from a prototype tested on 100 patients. The talk also covers the potential of shared virtual environments for patient focus groups and therapy sessions, highlighting new approaches for personalized, scalable treatment options in chronic pain management.
