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Methods and systems for treating autism

  • US 10,311,645 B1
  • Filed: 10/12/2017
  • Issued: 06/04/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for treating or supplementing treatment of a subject with mental or developmental conditions, comprising:

  • (a) placing the subject in a virtual world using a virtual or augmented reality device that provides visual, auditory, or haptic stimulation;

    (b) presenting one or more images or video of the subject'"'"'s virtual or augmented reality experience on a display external to the virtual or augmented reality device, wherein the one or more images or video of the subject'"'"'s virtual or augmented reality experience correspond to one or more images or video presented to the subject in the virtual world;

    (c) generating, via one or more sensors operatively coupled to the virtual or augmented reality device, sensory data of the subject in response to the visual, auditory, or haptic stimulation, wherein the sensory data is indicative of the subject'"'"'s progress toward one or more therapeutic goals; and

    (d) evaluating at least the subject'"'"'s virtual or augmented reality experience presented on the display and the sensory data to determine the subject'"'"'s progress toward the one or more therapeutic goals.

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