The modern world is undergoing huge changes and the introduction of digital devices into all spheres of life significantly rebuilds our everyday life. The real world is increasingly being supplemented by immersive technologies, forming a unique life of a modern person in a mixed online/offline reality. The new immersive reality affects all spheres of human activity and is now the subject of interdisciplinary research in the field of modern psychology. The use of immersive technologies has great potential in the future in terms of training and development of interpersonal skills, experimental psychology, social and also, possibly, in clinical diagnostics and therapy.

The rapidity of changes and transformations in the modern world is associated, first of all, with the development of the digital environment. Today the concepts of “virtual reality”, “augmented reality”, “mixed reality”, as well as the concept of “immersiveness” are increasingly used. To date, the effectiveness of immersive virtual reality technologies has been proven by medical, sports, organisational, cognitive and social psychology data. The use of immersive technologies also has great future potential in the above mentioned fields. This article lists some of the obvious benefits of these technologies in the fields of neuropsychology, clinical psychology and psychotherapy, anxiety disorders, substance dependence, obsessive-compulsive disorder, etc.