Using augmented reality to treat phobias

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 31-37

  Juan, M Carmen ^a   Alcañiz, Mariano ^a   Monserrat, Carlos ^a   Botella, Cristina ^b   Baños, Rosa M ^c   Guerrero, Belen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPLAY DEVICES; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

FIREWIRE CAMERA; HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY (HMD); PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENTS; VIRTUAL OBJECTS; VIRTUAL REALITY MODELING LANGUAGE (VRML);

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCKROACH; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMEDIA; PHOBIA; SPIDER; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; COCKROACHES; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIMEDIA; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SPIDERS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 28244474818     PISSN: 02721716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCG.2005.143     Document Type: Article

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