Sanal gerçekliğin ruh sağlığı alanında kullanımı, bilgisayarlı modeller yoluyla insan algılarının yapay nesne ve yerlerle gerçekte varmışçasına değiştirilmesine dayalıdır. gerçeklik maruz bırakma terapisi, güvenli, ekonomik kontrol edilebilir bir yöntem olması nedeniyle tercih edilmektedir. Diğer yandan sanal uygulamalarının geliştirilmesinin karmaşıklığı, kullanılan donanımların yüksek maliyet...

In recent years, there has been considerable interest in the development of treatments to help people reduce their public speaking anxiety (PSA) in a variety of circumstances. A review of literature suggests that several treatments have been found to be effective in reducing communication apprehension. However, it has not been determined whether Virtual Reality Therapy (VRT) has proven to be as...

This paper demonstrates how physically disabled people can benefit from the innovative virtual reality techniques. Several specific examples show the applicability of virtual reality to the therapy and rehabilitation of people with various disabilities. In addition, the paper describes how physicians can use virtual reality as an advanced visualization tool for the diagnosis of physical disabil...

Virtual reality environments have many potential applications in medicine, including surgical training, tele-operated robotic surgery, assessment and rehabilitation of behavioural and neurological disorders and diagnosis, therapy and rehabilitation of physical disabilities. Although there is much potential for the use of immersive virtual reality environments in clinical applications, there are...

Simulation and visualization of rover behavior are critical capabilities for scientists and rover operators to construct, test, and validate plans for commanding a remote rover. The VIPER system links these capabilities, using a high-fidelity virtual-reality (VR) environment, a kinematically accurate simulator, and a flexible plan executive to allow users to simulate and visualize possible exec...

Recent research suggests Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET) for the treatment of fear of flying as an important reliable technique for this phobia. This paper focuses on the role of the therapist during an exposure session. Six therapists were observed in 14 sessions with 11 different patients. Results show that in 93% of the observed sessions, therapists started with a similar flight patt...

After a flurry of activity in the mid to late 90's, 3D interaction research has slowed, still lacking a mastery of the domain. Listed as one of the open and crucial challenges (Brooks, 1999) for Virtual Reality (VR), it is surprising that success has not been more forthcoming. The simplest explanation is that 3D interaction is just plane hard (Herndon, et. al. 1994). Another explanation is that...

We present the RhoVeR (Rhodes Virtual Reality) system and classify it as a second generation Parallel/Distributed Virtual Reality (DVR) system. We discuss the components of the system and thereby demonstrate its support for Virtual Reality application development, its conngurable, parallel and distributed nature, and its synthesis of rst generation DVR techniques.