Project Number
- 141
Title
- Overcoming Phobias Using Virtual Reality
Description
- Exposure therapy approach to acrophobia (fear of heights).
Contact
- Rob Kooper
Affiliation
- Georgia Institute of Technology
Address
- Graphics Visualization and Usability Center
- 801 Atlantic Drive
- Atlanta, Georgia 30332
- +1.404.894.8787
- +1.404.894.0673 fax
- 801 Atlantic Drive
- cooper@cc.gatech.edu
WWW
Year
- 1996
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 96 Visual Proceedings
Project Details
- Using virtual reality simulations, an exposure therapy approach to acrophobia (fear of heights) is explored.
- Using four scenarios (glass elevator, canyon with bridges, balconies overlooking a city, and an airplane in flight) with a variety of controls, patients are exposed to a variety of nuances that can begin to reduce their anxieties around height situations.
- This therapy offers an alternative to "in vivo" therapy which involves exposure to real situations.
Sight
- SGI Onyx Reality Engine 2, HP Freedom Series workstation, head mounted display (Virtual Research VR4)
Sound
- programmed audio
Touch
- Polhemus ISOTRAK system, head mounted display (Virtual Research VR4)
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 2 - Prototype, Components, Testing
Intent
- 3 - Application (expression, enabler)
Primary
- 312 - health / medicine
Secondary
- 201 - virtual environment
Remarks
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