Virtual environments for treating the fear of heights
Hodges, L.F.
Kooper, R.
Meyer, T.C.
Rothbaum, B.O.
Opdyke, D.
de Graaff, J.J.
Williford, J.S.
North, M.M.
Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center, Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA;
This paper appears in: Computer
Publication Date: Jul 1995
Volume: 28,
Issue: 7
On page(s): 27-34
ISSN: 0018-9162
References Cited: 19
CODEN: CPTRB4
INSPEC Accession Number: 5033494
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/2.391038
Current Version Published: 2002-08-06
Abstract
Can virtual environments help elicit fearful feelings so they can
be treated? This article shows how therapists and computer experts used
them to do just that. We describe a pilot study that used virtual
reality graded exposure techniques to treat acrophobia-the fear of
heights. We specifically address two issues: the extent to which we were
able to make subjects feel that they were actually present in height
situations, and the efficacy of the treatment conducted using virtual
height situations
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