A Free, Open-Source Virtual Reality Platform for the Rehabilitation of Cognitive and Psychological Disorders

Riva, Giuseppe; Gaggioli, Andrea; Villani, Daniela; Preziosa, Alessandra; Morganti, Francesca; Corsi, Riccardo; Faletti, Gianluca; Vezzadini, Luca

doi:10.1109/icvr.2007.4362158

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“…This mapping can be extended to objects outside the body. Body mapping of the self can be transferred to the avatar in SL, allowing for a sense of being really "in" the virtual world (Riva, Mantovani, & Gaggioli, 2004).…”

Section: Emotional Engagement and Visual Learningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Facilitating Art Education

Hearns

Jegathesan

2013

International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments

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Art and design students in SL experience the advantages of a visually rich environment where they can take a leading role in their own learning, have the opportunity to create objects that defy real world limitations, are immersive and interactive, and where they are able to collaborate with a community of global art practitioners. The 3D Art Challenges started at the University of Western Australia in Second Life in 2009. Since that time, UWA has rapidly emerged as a central hub of art activity in SL. The story of UWA’s journey into Second Life and a recent survey of past and present participants of the UWA Art Challenges indicate that the environment of a virtual world is well suited to the teaching of art and design skills. The UWA Art Challenges have the potential to be valuable resources for educators and students.

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Section: Emotional Engagement and Visual Learningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Facilitating Art Education

Hearns

Jegathesan

2013

International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments

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“…One of the newest suites that has become available is the open source NeuroVR platform by Riva et al [3]. NeuroVR is a Blender-based platform that contains a dragand-drop, icon-based editor interface for creating and modifying rich virtual environments.…”

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“…Similarly, we want to make it easier for experts to develop new environments and paradigms. As most existing systems [1][2][3] do not support these requirements, the Spatial Navigation Paradigm (SNaP) framework was developed to achieve these goals.…”

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The SNaP Framework: A VR Tool for Assessing Spatial Navigation

Annett

Bischof

2009

Front. Neuroeng.

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Recent work in psychology has leveraged the power of Virtual Reality (VR) to study the deterioration of navigation abilities in the elderly. Much of this research has focused on determining the behavioral measurements and paradigms appropriate for such diagnoses. We present a system, the Spatial Navigation Paradigm (SNaP) framework, which can be used to implement a battery of spatial navigation paradigms. This framework integrates a popular VR environment development platform with an extensible representation medium to allow for the precise control of paradigms, the switching between input and output devices, and the recording of accurate behavioral measurements. A preliminary study of the framework indicates that novice and expert VR users are able to quickly and easily specify and deploy experiments and that expert VR users can easily modify and extend existing paradigm implementations.

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“…Giuseppe Riva et al(2007) suggested that the application of VR technology is restrained because of the high installation cost and customization difficulty of VR equipment and lack of professional operators. In light of this, we reduce the cost and complexity of equipment as far as possible in this experiment and provide a script editing interface through which the doctor or the patient's relatives can select appropriate scripts according to rehabilitation strategies without worrying that construction of the system will cost a lot of money.…”

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An innovative virtual reality system for mild cognitive impairment: Diagnosis and evaluation

Yeh

Chen

Tsai

et al. 2012

2012 IEEE-EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences

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In advanced countries throughout the world, the population of Alzheimer's Disease(AD) patients has been gradually increasing with the aging of the society. As a result, it has become an important research topic how to diagnose AD early and give necessary treatment and training to AD patients, especially those with mild cognitive impairment(MCI), whose executive functions such as response inhibition, cognitive flexibility, attention switching and planning may display evident disorder and impairment. Unlike traditional paper tests and subjective assessments by the patient's relatives, this study adopts virtual reality(VR) technology to develop a novel diagnosis & assessment system, which uses head mounted display(HMD), game technology and sensors to generate an interactive and panoramic scenario-a virtual convenience store-for assessment of executive functions and memory. A variety of tasks of multi-layered difficulty-level hierarchy, such as memorizing a shopping list, looking for certain goods, and checking out, has been designed for customized and adaptive assessment, training, and treatment of MD. In the meantime, the study also records test-takers' performance data (including path and central-vision movement) in the process of all tasks for the development of a novel diagnosis & assessment method. Moreover, test-takers' technology acceptance is measured for assessing the elderly's subjective perception of new technology and discussing the topic of human-machine interaction. In the study, tests on 2 healthy adults have been completed, the system's functionality has been preliminarily verified, and test-takers' subjective perception of the system has been investigated.

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A Free, Open-Source Virtual Reality Platform for the Rehabilitation of Cognitive and Psychological Disorders

Cited by 7 publications

References 7 publications

Facilitating Art Education

Facilitating Art Education

The SNaP Framework: A VR Tool for Assessing Spatial Navigation

An innovative virtual reality system for mild cognitive impairment: Diagnosis and evaluation

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