Conceptual Design of Emotional and Pain Expressions of a Virtual Patient in a Virtual Reality Training for Paramedics
Guillermo Carbonell, Jonas Schild · 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) · 2022
Incorporating interactive elements into medical virtual reality (VR) training can increase presence and engagement of trainees. Based on this, we designed emotional and pain facial expressions for a virtual patient that interacts with trainees in a VR training scenario for paramedics. We follow a user-centered approach by considering the requirements of trainers. Furthermore, we validate our concept with an online study and we plan a user study with paramedic students as the next step.