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Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Rob.

And I'm Sam. Here at 6 Minute English, we love to chat about new technology.

One of our favourite topics is VR, or virtual reality,

and the ways that's shaping life in the future.

VR allows you to put on a headset and escape into a completely different world.

In this programme, we'll be hearing about some of the ways VR is tackling serious problems,

like domestic violence and helping people overcome phobias,

the strong in a rational fear of something.

And of course, we'll be learning some useful related vocabulary along the way.

People who use VR often describe the experience as intense,

pushing on the headset makes you feel you're really there

in what's ever new world you've chosen.

And it's this intensity that inventors, scientists and therapists

are using to help people overcome their problems.

We'll hear more soon, but first I have a question for you, Sam.

One of the phobias VR can help with is the fear of heights.

But what is the proper name for this psychological disorder?

Is the fear of heights called A, electrophobia,

B, arachnophobia, or C, acrophobia?

I'll say A, electrophobia.

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