Design of an emotional and social interaction paradigm for the animation of 3D characters: the case of a therapy for brain injured people (the mirror neuron paradigm)

Morales-Rodríguez, María Lucila; Pavard, Bernard

doi:10.1007/s10055-006-0063-1

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“…Though not included in this review, there are several less visually immersive examples of systems where VTs are integrated into the VE (Morales-Rodriguez and Pavard, 2007;Hoang et al, 2017;Triandafilou et al, 2018;Amrani and Achour, 2019;Yu and Xiong, 2019). These examples include the use of optical tracking devices such as the Microsoft Kinect to track one or both of the therapists and patient's movement, however, the activities are presented on displays such as TV screens and desktop monitors rather than with a HMD.…”

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Interactions with virtual therapists during motor rehabilitation in immersive virtual environments: a systematic review

Crowe,

Yousefi,

Shahri

et al. 2024

Front. Virtual Real.

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Introduction: Virtual Reality applications for rehabilitation are increasing in popularity. In traditional as well as virtual rehabilitation, the guidance of an occupational therapist through physical and verbal interaction is often required. Several studies have attempted to implement a virtual therapist or assistant in immersive virtual environments for rehabilitation.Objective: This research aims to systematically review these studies, understanding the therapist’s role and how they are represented in the virtual environment, how the virtual therapist and patient interact and the experience of users. Our goal is to provide guidance for virtual therapist implementations into fully immersive virtual reality environments.Method: The researchers systematically reviewed the literature on virtual therapists in immersive virtual environments for motor rehabilitation (protocol prospectively registered with PROSPERO ID: CRD42022357369).Results and Conclusion: Seven studies were identified, with findings showing that virtual therapists are often human-like avatars that guide patients, requiring them to mimic the therapist’s movements. Visual, haptic, or one-direction audio feedback from the therapist to the patient was provided in five studies. The selected studies were all newly developed custom-made systems, with five systems developed using the same game engine. Studies carrying out user testing utilised several methods to understand user experience, evidencing a positive attitude from therapists and motivated and satisfied patients.Future Research: The roles of virtual therapists for motor rehabilitation needs to be explored further in rigorous empirical studies to gather data on patient and therapist user experience. Considerable potential was identified in the development of virtual therapists and therapeutic alliance in the virtual environment. Future systems should reduce manual input from therapists and include personalisation and individualised patient feedback.Systematic Review Registration: [https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=357369], PROSPERO ID [CRD42022357369].

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