Title
A virtual reality dialogue system for the treatment of social phobia
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.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1145/2212776.2212395
CHI Extended Abstracts
Keywords
Field
DocType
exposure therapy platform,various social situation,everyday social situation,virtual reality exposure therapy,delft remote virtual reality,narrative story,virtual reality dialogue system,free speech dialogue,dialogue style,remote treatment,social phobia,mental health,informatics,virtual reality
Informatics,Virtual reality,Gaze,EXPOSE,Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy,Computer science,Narrative,Human–computer interaction,Information society,Avatar
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.57
4
Authors
8