Virtual reality yields some real-life benefits

Kansas City Star
John Lester of San Francisco-based Linden Lab has been documenting how people are using the lab’s Second Life world to learn new skills. For stroke patients and people living with other movement- and speech-limiting conditions such as cerebral palsy, Lester said, the freedom they find in the virtual world has allowed them to tap into an “emotional bandwidth” that is as engrossing as it is enriching.

Some patient support groups have begun setting up their own virtual islands within the online world.