Virtual Migraine

What It’s Like to Get a Migraine from Excedrin’s Virtual Reality Simulator

Robin Raskin | April 8, 2016

Remember the old Excedrin commercials, the ones that numbered the ways you could get a headache in a series of humorous vignettes? Well, they’ve got a new headache, and now you can volunteer to get it.
Under the watchful eyes of Excedrin techies, I entered the world of augmented reality to experience first-hand what a migraine feels like. I took the Migraine Experience; a program Excedrin is launching to help non-sufferers empathize with their migraine suffering counterparts.

What It's Like to Get a Migraine from Excedrin's Virtual Reality Simulator. Source: http://www.chipchick.com/2016/04/experiencing-excedrins-migraine-experience-what-its-like-to-get-a-vr-headache.html

<more at http://www.chipchick.com/2016/04/experiencing-excedrins-migraine-experience-what-its-like-to-get-a-vr-headache.html; related articles and links: http://www.chipchick.com/2016/04/excedrin-migraine-experience.html (Excedrin is Using VR to Show People What a Migraine Feels Like. April 7, 2016) and http://www.digitaltrends.com/health-fitness/excedrin-migraine-experience/ (+Video) (Excedrin’s Migraine Experience lets you have a migraine via virtual reality>