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Reminiscape
(n.)
An immersive environment rebuilt from your own past to comfort or restore a sense of self.
Her father sold their house in 2019, but she still straps on a headset to visit its reminiscape regularly.
Does it ring true?
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From the future, or already here?
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Coinage notes
Reminisce + -scape, resting on a real clinical practice, reminiscence therapy, which grew out of psychiatrist Robert Butler’s 1960s work on “life review.” With aging populations and growing demand for therapy, virtual reality’s biggest impact may be felt in home care rather than a games studio.
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