Rob: I'm Rob.
Sam: 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 it's shaping life in the future.
Rob: 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 and irrational fear of something.
And, of course,
we'll be learning some useful related vocabulary along the way.
Sam: People who use VR often describe the experience as intense.
Putting on the headset makes you feel you're really there,
in whatever new world you've chosen.
And it's this intensity that inventors,
scientists and therapists are using to help people overcome their problems.
Rob: 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 –