Another day at the Office: Visuohaptic schizophrenia VR simulation
George Michalakis, Michail Pavlou, Giannis Gerogiannis, Vasilis Liapis, Ioanna Terzi, Apostolos Tsagarakis, Raphailia Asimakopoulou, Dimitris Bitzas, Κωνσταντίνος Μουστάκας · 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) · 2020
This paper presents Virtual Reality 3D interaction and simulation techniques in the context of the 2020 3DUI contest of the IEEE VR conference. This paper discusses the design and development of a scenario-based mental disorder simulation, aiming to empathize the end-user with the symptoms that a schizophrenic person faces. These techniques are integrated in the context of a virtual reality environment which serves as the medium to immerse the user to experience a vast number of schizophrenia symptoms, mainly focusing on the positive ones, such as mind delusions and auditory, visual, haptic hallucinations. The paper concludes with a discussion on the extensibility and translational application of the approaches in practical problem solving.