Improved methods for
rehabilitation, transformation, training, and learning are provided for a person as a viewer which enable the viewer to experience a virtual session, comprised of one or more virtual scenarios intended to activate the mirror
neuron system, that includes suggestion,
hypnosis,
hypnotic induction and / or
hypnotic suggestion in verbal and / or visual forms, where said suggestion,
hypnotic induction and / or hypnotic suggestion may possibly be applied to and / or utilized in relationship with the various components and / or aspects individually and / or collectively that make up a virtual session which are presented in this description of the present invention, which includes one or more virtual scenarios, a virtual character which may be created to be in the likeness of the viewer, where said virtual character and possibly additional virtual characters that are human and / or non-human may be animated to properly perform one or more acts and / or motions and / or movements and possibly express dialog and / or speak and / or otherwise be represented to speak and / or think and / or make sound, where said virtual character made in the likeness of the viewer may be animated to speak and / or otherwise be represented to speak and / or think using the voice of the viewer themselves, that may include other audio, including narrative-based and / or the virtual character(s) expressing verbal hypnotic suggestion(s), hypnotic guidance, hypnotic instruction(s), and / or suggestion(s), guidance, instruction(s), and / or similar, which may be viewed from one or more perspectives and / or one or more points of view, may include one or more virtual environments, locations,
special effects, weather, and / or similar, being displayed through
video based imagery and / or computer-based imagery, in 2D, 2D stereo, 3D, 3D stereo, and / or more advanced methods such as
holography, with the viewer experiencing the virtual
scenario through playback and possibly passively, actively, and / or with interactivity using proper apparatus, with the virtual session allowing for data collection, and the viewer experiencing the virtual session alone and / or with assistance, for
rehabilitation, transformation, training, and learning.