Design and implementation of home-based virtual reality exposure therapy system with a virtual eCoach

conference paper
2015
Hartanto, D.

Brinkman, W.P.

Kampmann, I.L.

Morina, N.

Emmelkamp, P.G.

Neerincx, M.A.
Current developments of virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) system focus mainly on systems that can be used in health clinics under the direct supervision of a therapist. Offering patients however the possibility to do this treatment at home would make VRET more accessible. In this paper we therefore present a home-based VRET system for the treatment of social anxiety disorder. The system includes 19 exposure scenarios as well as a virtual health agent that guides the patients to various steps of therapy and explains how the system can be used. The presented design and techniques may form the bases for future home-based VRET systems. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.
Topics
At-home treatmentBehaviour change support systemSelf-therapySocial anxiety disorderVirtual health agentVirtual reality exposure therapyHealthPatient treatmentVirtual realityHome treatmentsSelf-therapySocial anxietiesSupport systemsVirtual reality exposure therapiesIntelligent virtual agents
TNO Identifier
528804
Repository link
https://resolver.tno.nl/uuid:47ab8bb4-4215-46dd-ad1b-e7687b7cfddb
ISSN
03029743
ISBN
9783319219950
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Source title
15th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA 2015, 26 August 2015 through 28 August 2015
Editor(s)
Brinkman, W.P.
Broekens, J.
Heylen, D.
Pages
287-291
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