Researchers have **w tested this assumption under new circumstances, including a cold pressor lab setup and real world dental procedures during which patients wore Virtual Reality headsets. *They were immersed in two very different environments, one a calm beachside walk and the other a busy urban situation full of distractions. Turns out the Calming scene was significantly better at improving how people experience and remember the Pain they have endured during tooth extractions and fillings.
While this was **t entirely unpredictable, the study does point to it being important what kinds of Virtual Reality environments are used to help alleviate pain. Moreover, there might be a lot More variations in this field that may point to certain Virtual situations being better for certain types of Pain or procedures.