VRESS: Designing a platform for the development of personalized Virtual Reality scenarios to support individuals with Autism

In this study, VRESS, the designing of a platform for the development of personalized Virtual Reality scenarios to support individuals with Autism that would be able to practice and develop their social skills participating in selected Social Stories is presented. The platform will be integrated with biobehavioral monitoring modules through sensors such as heart rate and eye gaze recognition, offering multimodal interfaces that will offer important feedback so for the further customization of the scenarios as well as for the clinical research. The implementation methodology includes reiterative research and development cycles and participation of autistic people and their carers. The involvement of the beneficiaries and the contribution of their parents, educators as well as the expertise of psychologists, cognitive and social scientists are considered key to the success of this study.