Title
A virtual reality dialogue system for the treatment of social phobia
Author
Brinkman, W.P.
Hartanto, D.
Kang, N.
de Vliegher, D.
Kampmann, I.L.
Morina, N.
Emmelkamp, P.G.M.
Neerincx, M.
Publication year
2012
Abstract
People with social phobia have a severe fear of everyday social situations. In this paper we describe a virtual reality exposure therapy system specifically designed to expose patients with social phobia to various social situations. Patients can engage in a free speech dialogue with avatars while being monitored by a therapist. To control phobic stressors, therapists can control the avatar's gaze, the avatar's dialogue style and the narrative stories that are embedded throughout the exposure. The system uses the Delft remote virtual reality exposure therapy platform which allows remote treatment. © 2012 Authors.
Subject
Human
PCS - Perceptual and Cognitive Systems
BSS - Behavioural and Societal Sciences
Informatics
Information Society
drvret
mental health computing
social phobia
virtual reality exposure therapy
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1145/2212776.2212395
TNO identifier
461829
ISBN
9781450310161
Source
30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012, 5 May 2012 through 10 May 2012, Austin, TX, 1099-1102
Document type
conference paper