One advantage gained from switching to a more fully featured design program was the ability to perform simulations and virtual stress tests.

ENGADGET: Engineering a better bicycle with DBC City Bike Design Alt

Other projects include training for job interviews and a virtual-therapy app to help treat stress and phobias.

ECONOMIST: Brainwave controllers

Using components from the popular game Full Spectrum Warrior, psychologist Skip Rizzo and his colleagues have fashioned a "virtual" world that simulates the sources of combat stress.

NPR: Virtual Reality Therapy for Combat Stress