Design and Development of a Virtual Dolphinarium for Children With Autism

Cai, Yiyu; Chia, Noel; Thalmann, Daniel; Kee, Norman Kiak Nam; Zheng, Jianmin; Thalmann, Nadia Magnenat

doi:10.1109/tnsre.2013.2240700

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“…Note that an avatar does not necessarily have to be human-like. In some programs, animal avatars were used, such as in the virtual pink dolphins project where avatars were dolphins [54][55][56].…”

Section: Virtual Reality Systems/devicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Technology-Facilitated Diagnosis and Treatment of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Engineering Perspective

Liu

Zhao

et al. 2017

Applied Sciences

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Abstract:The rapid development of computer and robotic technologies in the last decade is giving hope to perform earlier and more accurate diagnoses of the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and more effective, consistent, and cost-conscious treatment. Besides the reduced cost, the main benefit of using technology to facilitate treatment is that stimuli produced during each session of the treatment can be controlled, which not only guarantees consistency across different sessions, but also makes it possible to focus on a single phenomenon, which is difficult even for a trained professional to perform, and deliver the stimuli according to the treatment plan. In this article, we provide a comprehensive review of research on recent technology-facilitated diagnosis and treat of children and adults with ASD. Different from existing reviews on this topic, which predominantly concern clinical issues, we focus on the engineering perspective of autism studies. All technology facilitated systems used for autism studies can be modeled as human machine interactive systems where one or more participants would constitute as the human component, and a computer-based or a robotic-based system would be the machine component. Based on this model, we organize our review with the following questions: (1) What are presented to the participants in the studies and how are the content and delivery methods enabled by technologies? (2) How are the reactions/inputs collected from the participants in response to the stimuli in the studies? (3) Are the experimental procedure and programs presented to participants dynamically adjustable based on the responses from the participants, and if so, how? and (4) How are the programs assessed?

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Section: Virtual Reality Systems/devicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Technology-Facilitated Diagnosis and Treatment of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Engineering Perspective

Liu

Zhao

et al. 2017

Applied Sciences

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“…The virtual dolphinarium presented in [17] allows children with ASD to act as dolphin trainers, focusing on improving their functional development learning and behavior. Authors concluded that VR is effective in the treatment of people with intellectual and multiple disabilities.…”

Section: Related Studiesmentioning

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Virtual Reality-based Training for the Motor Developmentof People With Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities

Cunha

Neiva

Silva

2019

RITA

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This study investigated the potential of using a virtual reality-based motor coordination and cognitivetraining for people with intellectual and multiple disabilities, focusing on their autonomy and communityparticipation. A low-cost innovative interaction interface between the user and the virtual environment wasproposed to provide a more realistic and intuitive interaction experience. Nine people with disabilities wereselected from an institutional care for people with disabilities and they were enrolled in a four-week experiment,which consisted in going through three challenges. The results show that the patients demonstrated statisticallysignificant improvements regarding the task gave, also based on the observational analysis of the instructorand physiotherapist. Thus, the analysis indicates that the VR-based method can be effective in the motordevelopment of those patients, improving their autonomy and cognitive skills.

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“…The virtual dolphinarium presented in [Cai et al 2013] allows children with ASD to act as dolphin trainers, focusing on improving their functional development learning and behavior. Authors concluded that VR is effective in the treatment of people with intellectual and multiple disabilities.…”

Section: Related Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Virtual Reality as an Assistive Technology to Support the Cognitive Development of People With Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities

Cunha

Silva

2017

Anais Do XXVIII Simpósio Brasileiro De Informática Na Educação (SBIE 2017)

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Abstract. This study investigated the efficacy of a virtual reality-based cognitive and motor coordination training for people with intellectual and multiple disabilities, focusing on community participation. Ten people with disabilities were selected from an institutional care for people with disabilities and they were enrolled in a five-week experiment, which consisted in shopping in a virtual reality supermarket. The results show that the patients demonstrated statistically significant improvements regarding the task gave, also based on the observational analysis of the instructor and physiotherapist. Thus, the analysis indicates that the VR-based method can be effective in the cognitive development of those patients, improving their social inclusion and cognitive skills.

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Design and Development of a Virtual Dolphinarium for Children With Autism

Cited by 109 publications

References 22 publications

Technology-Facilitated Diagnosis and Treatment of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Engineering Perspective

Technology-Facilitated Diagnosis and Treatment of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Engineering Perspective

Virtual Reality-based Training for the Motor Developmentof People With Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities

Virtual Reality as an Assistive Technology to Support the Cognitive Development of People With Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities

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