I hate Spiders, it doesn’t matter if it’s as big as my hand or the size of a pinhead, they all make me cringe, scream then run away… So some bright spark over at the University of Washington has created a virtual “Spiderworld” to help prevent pussies like me bricking themselves at the mere sight of one…
Some of their tactics sound downright disturbing.
“In the final session, the visitor is confronted with a virtual tarantula.
This is no ordinary tarantula though. It is the size of their fist and eats birds as a snack.”
What the hell? Eats birds as snacks?
“They are asked to reach out and grab the virtual spider.
At the same time, their real hand grasps a furry model of the tarantula.
“For them, the virtual spider was furry and solid,” said Hunter Hoffman, one of the scientists behind Spiderworld.”
Call me old fashioned, but if I reached out to grab a virtual spider and some mook dangled a furry model in front of me, I’d kick his ass… After my multiple heart attacks and months of rehabilitation to integrate me back into society.