Design of Immersive Virtual Reality System to Improve Communication Skills in Individuals with Autism
Design of Immersive Virtual Reality System to Improve Communication Skills in Individuals with Autism
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DOI：
10.3991/ijet.v12i05.6766
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发表时间：
2017-01-01
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Al-Hassan, Dabia
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Halabi, Osama;El-Seoud, Samir A.;Al-Hassan, Dabia
自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）患者经常遇到需要回答但不知道如何回答的情况;例如，陌生人提出的与日常生活活动有关的问题。目前正在积极开展利用技术来修复自闭症儿童社交和沟通障碍的研究。沉浸式虚拟现实（VR）是一种相对较新的技术，有可能成为开发自闭症儿童各种技能的有效治疗工具。本文提出了一个互动的基于网络的虚拟现实系统开发，以提高自闭症儿童的沟通技巧。该系统利用语音识别提供自然的互动和角色扮演和轮流评估和验证沉浸式环境对自闭症儿童的社会表现的有效性。在进行的实验中，参与者在计算机增强虚拟环境（CAVE）中表现出比头戴式显示器（HMD）或普通桌面更高的性能。结果表明，沉浸式VR可能比桌面更令ASD儿童满意和激励。
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) regularly experience situations in which they need to give answers but do not know how to respond; for example, questions related to everyday life activities that are asked by strangers. Research geared at utilizing technology to mend social and communication impairments in children with autism is actively underway. Immersive virtual reality (VR) is a relatively recent technology that has the potential of being an effective therapeutic tool for developing various skills in autistic children. This paper presents an interactive scenario-based VR system developed to improve the communications skills of autistic children. The system utilizes speech recognition to provide natural interaction and role-play and turntaking to evaluate and verify the effectiveness of the immersive environment on the social performance of autistic children. In experiments conducted, participants showed more improved performance with a computer augmented virtual environment (CAVE) than with a head mounted display (HMD) or a normal desktop. The results indicate that immersive VR could be more satisfactory and motivational than desktop for children with ASD.