Samsung Electronics plans to adapt the corporate helmet virtual reality for the diagnosis of mental illness in a hospital, reports ZDNet with reference to informed sources. According to available information, for this, the South Korean giant has teamed up with the Gangnam Severance hospital and developers of VR-content from the company FNI.

Along with VR-technologies for the detection of mental disorders, it is planned to use a smart clock Gear S3, S Health application and voice assistant skills Bixby.

Together these devices should constitute a single diagnostic tool used for comprehensive prevention of suicide among patients suffering from prolonged depression.

The idea of ??using Gear VR for therapeutic purposes is not something new. Since last year, many hospitals in the world have put them into service. With their help, doctors demonstrate to patients with dementia videos that cause those positive emotions. In addition, Gear VR is widely used in hospitals in Australia, where it helps alleviate loneliness in long-term patients.