Arachnophobia is a VR application within the field of health and psychology, a - not too serious - self-controlled implementation of a virtual reality exposure therapy session, where you gradually expose yourself to spiders.
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Mostly Negative (11) - 36% of the 11 user reviews for this game are positive.
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Jun 1, 2016
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About This Game

Fear of spiders?

Arachnophobia is a VR application within the field of health and psychology, a - not too serious - self-controlled implementation of a virtual reality exposure therapy session, where you gradually expose yourself to spiders.

Virtual reality exposure therapy is a psychological approach to learn dealing with irrational fears of a specific object (phobia) by ways of systematic desensitization.

By generating enough phobic stress while immersed in a virtual reality environment, psychological effects can be invoked that will dampen your phobia over time. It is a scientifically proven and therapeutic procedure to help people deal with their phobia.

In this VR experience you will be seated at a table in a small apartment. By looking at specific spots on a piece of paper in front of you, you will be able to control the amount of exposure to virtual spiders. You can increase or decrease the number of spiders in the room yourself. You will not be able to move your virtual arms in the experience.

There are 5 levels of exposure in this virtual reality experience.

You may quit at any time!

It is advised to install yourself into a sitting position and put your arms on the table in front of you just like your virtual avatar in the scene. This way your brain will create an psychological association between the virtual arms of the avatar and your own arms in the real world ( rubber hand illusion ). This will improve the possible psychological effects by increasing immersion.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows 7 SP1
    • Processor: Intel i5-4590
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970
    • Storage: 350 MB available space
    • VR Support: SteamVR. Keyboard and mouse required
    • Additional Notes: An OpenVR supported Virtual reality HMD is required
    Recommended:
    • OS *: Windows 8 or higher
    • Processor: Intel Core i7-6700
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1080
    • Storage: 350 MB available space
    • Additional Notes: An OpenVR supported Virtual reality HMD is required
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.

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