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Virtual Reality System with Smartphone Application for Height Exposure

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One of the treatment methods for phobias is behavioral therapy by creating patient’s fear environment for the patient to confront that situation. Virtual reality is one of the most interesting technologies for creating three-dimensional virtual environments. The virtual reality technology makes users feel like they are immersed in a virtual world. To accomplish creating fear environment, this paper presented a virtual reality system with a smartphone application for height exposure. The virtual reality system is simple, which consists of software and hardware. Users can use this system easily in their own home. With an evaluation on 20 participants, the impact of user involvement on realism and fear of heights was explored. Paired samples t-test showed that the user’s influence on the height of the building was significant. Moreover, the user’s influence on the realism and fear of heights when the sound is activated were significant.

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This work is supported by the Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University.

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  1. Image, Information and Intelligence Laboratory, Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand

    Suppanut Nateeraitaiwa & Narit Hnoohom

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  1. ISIR, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

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  2. Thammasat University, Bangkadi Muang Pathumthani, Thailand

    Thanaruk Theeramunkong

  3. National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Language and Semantic Technology Lab, Pathum Thani, Thailand

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  4. Information Technology, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

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  5. Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

    Narit Hnoohom

  6. Media Technology, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thonburi, Thailand

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Nateeraitaiwa, S., Hnoohom, N. (2017). Virtual Reality System with Smartphone Application for Height Exposure. In: Numao, M., Theeramunkong, T., Supnithi, T., Ketcham, M., Hnoohom, N., Pramkeaw, P. (eds) Trends in Artificial Intelligence: PRICAI 2016 Workshops. PRICAI 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10004. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60675-0_4

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