Career Interview Readiness in Virtual Reality (CIRVR): A Platform for Simulated Interview Training for Autistic Individuals and Their Employers
Career Interview Readiness in Virtual Reality (CIRVR): A Platform for Simulated Interview Training for Autistic Individuals and Their Employers
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10.1145/3505560
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2022-03
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Deeksha Adiani;Aaron Itzkovitz;Dayi Bian;Harrison Katz;Michael Breen;Spencer Hunt;A. Swanson;Timothy J. Vogus;Joshua W. Wade;N. Sarkar
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Deeksha Adiani;Aaron Itzkovitz;Dayi Bian;Harrison Katz;Michael Breen;Spencer Hunt;A. Swanson;Timothy J. Vogus;Joshua W. Wade;N. Sarkar
相对于神经正常 (NT) 同龄人，自闭症患者的就业结果往往较差，因此更需要其他形式的经济和社会支持。虽然大量工作集中在为自闭症儿童制定干预措施，但对直接解决自闭症成人面临的就业挑战的关注相对较少。自闭症患者就业的一个主要障碍是面试。自闭症患者在面试中经常会感到焦虑，特别是在面对开放式问题和意外中断时。他们还表现出非典型的注视模式，可能会被视为不感兴趣或注意力不集中，但不一定表示不感兴趣或注意力不集中。为此，我们开发了一个基于闭环自适应虚拟现实（VR）的求职面试培训平台，我们将其命名为 VR 职业面试准备（CIRVR）。 CIRVR 旨在提供一种引人入胜、适应性强且个性化的体验，以便在较少引起焦虑的虚拟环境中练习和完善面试技巧。 CIRVR 包含基于生理学的实时压力检测模块以及实时凝视检测模块，以实现个性化适应。我们还展示了 CIRVR 仪表板的第一个原型，它提供数据可视化，帮助自闭症患者以及潜在的雇主和工作教练理解从面试过程中收集的数据。我们对 9 名自闭症患者和 8 名 NT 个体进行了可行性研究，以评估 CIRVR 的初步可用性和可行性。结果显示，自闭症患者和 NT 参与者对系统可用性的感知存在差异，并且自闭症个体在访谈期间的压力水平较高。两组参与者均表示对 CIRVR 和访谈结构感到满意。这些发现和反馈将支持未来改进 CIRVR 功能的工作，希望它成为支持自闭症求职者及其潜在雇主的宝贵工具。
Employment outcomes for autistic1 individuals are often poorer relative to their neurotypical (NT) peers, resulting in a greater need for other forms of financial and social support. While a great deal of work has focused on developing interventions for autistic children, relatively less attention has been paid to directly addressing the employment challenges faced by autistic adults. One key impediment to autistic individuals securing employment is the job interview. Autistic individuals often experience anxiety in interview situations, particularly with open-ended questions and unexpected interruptions. They also exhibit atypical gaze patterns that may be perceived as, but not necessarily indicative of, disinterest or inattention. In response, we developed a closed-loop adaptive virtual reality (VR)–based job interview training platform, which we have named Career Interview Readiness in VR (CIRVR). CIRVR is designed to provide an engaging, adaptive, and individualized experience to practice and refine interviewing skills in a less anxiety-inducing virtual context. CIRVR contains a real-time physiology-based stress detection module, as well as a real-time gaze detection module, to permit individualized adaptation. We also present the first prototype of the CIRVR Dashboard, which provides visualizations of data to help autistic individuals as well as potential employers and job coaches make sense of the data gathered from interview sessions. We conducted a feasibility study with 9 autistic and 8 NT individuals to assess the preliminary usability and feasibility of CIRVR. Results showed differences in perceived usability of the system between autistic and NT participants, and higher levels of stress in autistic individuals during interviews. Participants across both groups reported satisfaction with CIRVR and the structure of the interview. These findings and feedback will support future work in improving CIRVR’s features in hopes for it to be a valuable tool to support autistic job candidates as well as their potential employers.