Supporting Phobia Treatment with Virtual Reality: Systematic Desensitization Using Oculus Rift

Monge, José P.; López, González; Guerrero, Luis A.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-41652-6_36

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“…The existence of gradual challenges, where each task is presented only when the user feels comfortable with the level of challenge offered in the previous task, promotes feelings of competence and contributes to a minimum ludic immersion potential. All studies classified as having low ludic immersion potential had some form of difficulty variation, either adaptively based on individual anxiety levels [81] or via predefined tasks and environments with different difficulty levels [60,[66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80]82].…”

Section: Low Potential For Ludic Immersionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many studies with low potential for spatial immersion shared a similar type of navigation freedom, limited to three degrees of movement where users could only rotate their heads in the virtual environment but not move within it [59,60,[64][65][66][67]71,75,81]. Although Farrell et al [67] and Minns et al [65] had high realism due to high-definition video captures of real environments and animals, they lacked sufficient navigational freedom as they were non-interactive videos that didn't allow users to explore the presented environment spatially.…”

Section: Low Potential For Spatial Immersionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The possibility of moving in the VRE with 6DOF alone is generally sufficient to provide a moderate sense of spatial immersion. A majority of the studies allowed a navigation with 6DOF, encompassing three degrees of rotation and three degrees of translation [68][69][70][71]73,74,[76][77][78][79][80]83,84,87].…”

Section: Moderate Potential For Spatial Immersionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The 15 studies classified as having low potential for temporal immersion present animals with minimally dynamic movements and behaviors that can generate some tension or anxiety related to anticipating the animal's movements [65,[68][69][70][71][72][73][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83].…”

Section: Low Potential For Temporal Immersionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ludic and Narrative Immersion in Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy to Animal Phobias: A Systematic Literature Review

Martins,

Vairinhos

2023

Virtual Worlds

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In the context of therapeutic exposure to phobias, virtual reality (VR) offers innovative ways to motivate patients to confront their fears, an opportunity not feasible in traditional non-digital settings. This systematic literature review explores the utilization of narratives and digital games in this context, focusing on identifying the most common ludic and narrative immersion features employed in studies dedicated to animal phobias. Via a search on the Scopus and Web of Science scientific databases, twenty-nine studies were selected for in-depth analysis. The primary objective was to evaluate the presence of ludic and narrative elements in each study to understand their immersive potential across both dimensions. Findings suggest that ludic elements are more commonly used than narrative elements, which are notably scarce, and the exploration of the emotional dimension of narrative immersion is limited. An essential takeaway is that features fostering narrative immersion are invariably linked to the ludic dimension, often functioning as secondary components. This study provides a guiding framework for developing therapeutic interventions in VR, emphasizing the incorporation of ludic and narrative aspects. Additionally, it identifies untapped research opportunities, particularly the integration of autonomous narratives that are less reliant on ludic elements.

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Section: Low Potential For Ludic Immersionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Low Potential For Spatial Immersionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Moderate Potential For Spatial Immersionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Low Potential For Temporal Immersionmentioning

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Ludic and Narrative Immersion in Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy to Animal Phobias: A Systematic Literature Review

Martins,

Vairinhos

2023

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“…relaxing nature videos) as a new non-pharmacological intervention to comfort patients during their stay in the ICU. Currently, head-mounted displays have been widely used therapeutically in individuals with various mental and physical disorders [ 14 – 16 ]. Two studies conducted by Gerber et al [ 17 , 18 ] produced evidence that VR stimulation with a head-mounted display in ICU settings is potentially beneficial for patients.…”

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Virtual reality stimulation to reduce the incidence of delirium in critically ill patients: study protocol for a randomized clinical trial

Naef

Jeitziner

Gerber

et al. 2021

Trials

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Background Delirium has been long considered as a major contributor to cognitive impairments and increased mortality following a critical illness. Pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic strategies are used against delirium in the intensive care unit (ICU), despite these strategies remaining controversial. Previous studies have shown the feasibility of using virtual reality within the ICU setting, and we propose to use this technology to investigate the effect of immersive virtual reality stimulation on the incidence of delirium in the ICU. Moreover, we propose to use motion sensors to determine if patient movement patterns can lead to early prediction of delirium onset. Methods This study is conducted as a randomized clinical trial. A total of 920 critically ill patients in the ICU will participate. The control group will receive standard ICU care, whereas the intervention group will, in addition to the standard ICU care, receive relaxing 360-degree immersive virtual reality content played inside a head-mounted display with noise-cancelling headphones, three times a day. The first 100 patients, regardless of their group, will additionally have their movement patterns recorded using wearable and ambient sensors. Follow-up measurements will take place 6 months after discharge from the ICU. Discussion Delirium is widely present within the ICU setting but lacks validated prevention and treatment strategies. By providing patients with virtual reality stimulation presented inside a head-mounted display and noise-cancelling headphones, participants may be isolated from disturbances on an ICU. It is believed that by doing so, the incidence of delirium will be decrease among these patients. Moreover, identifying movement patterns associated with delirium would allow for early detection and intervention, which may further improve long-term negative outcomes associated with delirium during critical care. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04498585. Registered on August 3, 2020

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Realism in Audiovisual Stimuli for Phobias Treatments Through Virtual Environments

Ortiz

Velasco

Quevedo

et al. 2017

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Supporting Phobia Treatment with Virtual Reality: Systematic Desensitization Using Oculus Rift

Cited by 3 publications

References 11 publications

Ludic and Narrative Immersion in Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy to Animal Phobias: A Systematic Literature Review

Ludic and Narrative Immersion in Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy to Animal Phobias: A Systematic Literature Review

Virtual reality stimulation to reduce the incidence of delirium in critically ill patients: study protocol for a randomized clinical trial

Realism in Audiovisual Stimuli for Phobias Treatments Through Virtual Environments

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