2019 Games for Change Festival

The opioid crisis requires rethinking traditional addiction treatments. XR has the power to target the behavioral foundations of addiction by letting patients engage with novel treatments in their natural environments. Applying machine learning to the wealth of data generated by XR enables real-time identification and even prediction of drug cravings. This talk will review the state of XR addiction treatments, explain how XR can transform behavioral therapies, and discuss exciting future directions for the field.