Maintain and Improve Mental Health by Smart Virtual Reality Serious Games

Sárkány, András; Tősér, Zoltán; Vero, Anita Lilla; Lörincz, András; Toyama, Takumi; Toosi, Ehsan Nadjaran; Sonntag, Daniel

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-32270-4_22

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“…Roozeboom et al (2015) demonstrated that serious games produced more positive learning outcomes compared to classroom instructions along self-reported assessments. Furthermore, Sárkány et al (2015) surmise that not only can serious games be considered as groundwork for improving mental health in conditions such as dementia, but also that VR can be an effective mode of delivering such serious games. In addition to serious gaming and gamification, developments in VR span many contexts, including the environmental and marine sciences (Kim et al, 2014), sports training (An-Long, 2013) and medical science and training (Kuo et al, 2001; Robison et al, 2011).…”

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Utilising virtual reality in alcohol studies: A systematic review

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Health Education Journal

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Background: The resurgence of VR in recent years has been exciting for health educators and researchers, yet little is known about VR's effectiveness. This systematic literature review aims to provide an overview of the prevalence of VR in alcohol studies and assess its effectiveness. Methods: Peer reviewed articles were systematically searched from online databases including PubMed, ProQuest, Web of Science, Science Direct, Emerald, OVID, Taylor & Francis, and EBSCO. Grey literature and conference papers were excluded. Studies that passed the inclusion criteria were qualitatively assessed. Findings: Of the 1739 studies retrieved, eight studies met the inclusion criteria. Three main applications of VR were found; 1) Cue-exposure therapy, 2) Driving simulators for examining relationships between alcohol and neurological activity, and 3) Training of healthcare professionals. Only one study focused on adolescents, and only one study reported longitudinal outcomes. Conclusion: VR remains underutilised in alcohol studies. VR was indicated positive results across the three contexts, however longitudinal evidence remains limited and therefore restricts the generalisability of findings. More long-term empirical research is warranted.

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Utilising virtual reality in alcohol studies: A systematic review

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“…The study also revealed many educational topics in which VR has already been applied. A general emphasis was placed on healthcare education by VR researchers, along with a variety of other topics such as biology, computer science, astronomy, and fire training (Sárkány, 2016;Süncksen et al, 2018). VR has the potential to allow users to experience environments that are otherwise inaccessible in a very realistic way.…”

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Exploring the trends of educational virtual reality games: a systematic review of empirical studies

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Kaliisa

Obaido

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Virtual Reality (VR) and educational games are emerging technologies mediating a rapid transformation in the educational world. However, few studies have systematically analyzed Educational Virtual Reality Games (EVRGs) and how they have been applied in educational settings. This study reviewed 31 articles published in high impact journals and educational conference proceedings to unravel the technological, pedagogical, and gaming characteristics of contemporary EVRGs. The results show the predominance of Oculus Rift headsets and HTC Vive as the main technology used in EVRGs. Moreover, the analysis revealed that the pedagogical application of the majority of EVRGs was developed for all levels of education (e.g. tertiary, K-12, lifelong learning), with the specific target audience of each game based on the desired learning outcome. Furthermore, the application of EVRGs has primarily focused on out of class use, with healthcare education topics dominating the topics taught using EVRGs. Based on our findings, we highlight some key implications and suggestions to advance the field of EVRGs.

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“…Image recognition of colour-based images, depth images and hand shapes was used in [7,11], but they are not to precise with fingers. There are more specific hand-related devices like the Leap Motion Controller [12][13][14] that detect mainly finger movements; however, the main drawback with this gadget is when hands are overlapping each other. Also, some applications for hand gestures are proposed in medical environments [15][16][17], in serious games [13] or in pedagogical practices [10].…”

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“…There are more specific hand-related devices like the Leap Motion Controller [12][13][14] that detect mainly finger movements; however, the main drawback with this gadget is when hands are overlapping each other. Also, some applications for hand gestures are proposed in medical environments [15][16][17], in serious games [13] or in pedagogical practices [10]. It is worth mentioning works that use a mix of Kinect, Leap Motion and Oculus Rift [18,19].…”

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Hand features extractor using hand contour – a case study

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Hand gesture recognition is an important topic in natural user interfaces (NUI). Hand features extraction is the first step for hand gesture recognition. This work proposes a novel real time method for hand features recognition. In our framework we use three cameras and the hand region is extracted with the background subtraction method. Features like arm angle and fingers positions are calculated using Y variations in the vertical contour image. Wrist detection is obtained by calculating the bigger distance from a base line and the hand contour, giving the main features for the hand gesture recognition. Experiments on our own data-set of about 1800 images show that our method performs well and is highly efficient.

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Maintain and Improve Mental Health by Smart Virtual Reality Serious Games

Cited by 7 publications

References 16 publications

Utilising virtual reality in alcohol studies: A systematic review

Utilising virtual reality in alcohol studies: A systematic review

Exploring the trends of educational virtual reality games: a systematic review of empirical studies

Hand features extractor using hand contour – a case study

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