Video Enhanced Virtual Reality Programs for Autism

该项目的广泛，长期目标是设计，构建和评估视频增强虚拟现实餐厅社交技能指导自闭症儿童的有效性。具体目标是：1）为自闭症儿童设计一个虚拟现实（VR）场景，在餐馆里教他们适当的行为; 2）将这个设计融入一个互动的计算机程序，使用动画角色和视频来展示类似的真实的世界社交情境; 3）通过使用应用行为分析和单一主题设计来展示教学软件的功效。视频增强VR提供的学习环境可以帮助自闭症患者掌握困难的社交技能，在可控的、无威胁的世界中提供个性化的练习。实现这些目标的研究设计和方法是：1）选择已被诊断患有自闭症的儿童; 2）设计，编程和调试基于PC的VR餐厅环境和适当的视频场景; 3）进行试验，以评估结果使用n，多基线跨科目设计。建议的商业应用：虚拟现实学习环境将对儿童、家长和教师具有广泛的市场吸引力。以及健康从业者，为自闭症和相关学习障碍儿童教授社会行为。目前公司的网站提供自闭症语言和安全技能的产品，允许这种新产品的成本效益交付和支持系统。

The broad, long-term objectives of this project are to design, build, and evaluate the efficacy of video enhanced virtual reality restaurant social skill instruction for children with autism. Specific aims are: 1) Design a virtual reality (VR) scenario for children with autism that will teach appropriate behavior in a restaurant; 2) Incorporate this design into an interactive computer program using animated characters and videos demonstrating similar real world social situations; 3) Demonstrate the efficacy of the instructional software through use of applied behavior analysis and single subjects design. The learning environment afforded by video enhanced VR may help individuals with autism master difficult social skills by providing individualized practice in controllable, non-threatening worlds. The research design and methods for achieving these goals are: 1) Choose children who have been diagnosed with autism; 2) Design, program, and debug a PC based VR restaurant environment and appropriate video scenarios; 3) Conduct trials to evaluate the results using n, multiple baselines across subjects design. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: Virtual reality learning environments would have a broad market appeal for children, parents, teachers. and health practitioners for teaching social behavior to children with autism and related learning disabilities. A present company web site provides products for autism language and safety skills, allowing an in-place cost effective delivery and support system for this new product.