This paper reviews the move from virtual reality exposure-based therapy to augmented reality exposure-based therapy (ARET). Unlike virtual reality (VR), which entails a complete virtual environment (VE), augmented reality (AR) limits itself to producing certain virtual elements to then merge them into the view of the physical world. Although, the general public may only have become aware of AR ...

We propose a Modular Immersive Virtual Reality System that can be used towards the development of Immersive Virtual Environments (IVE) with variable sensor requirements that, in turn, are intended to be used to support experiments related to Virtual Exposure Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Rehabilitation. Specifically, by utilizing the Unity game engine and modular sensor architecture, the propo...

Virtual Reality (VR) has been shown to be an effective way of teaching difficult concepts to students. However, a number of important questions related to immersion, collaboration and realism remain to be answered before truly efficient virtual learning environments can be designed. We present CyberMath, an avatar-based shared virtual environment for mathematics education that allows further st...

This paper describes research that investigated the application of 3D Augmented Reality (AR) for animating traffic simulation models in real time to support the planning and design of road construction projects. Traditional 3D visualization applications use Virtual Reality (VR) environments to visualize traffic simulations. The significant amount of time and human resources required to collect ...

abstract aim and background: infertility is a complex crisis in the lives of infertile couples is considered. reaction to infertility by negative psychological reactions including depression, incompetent individual, marital and relationship problems and disorders, is observed. the present study examined the efficacy of reality therapy on depression in infertile women undergoing treatment with a...

This paper describes an Augmented Reality (AR) system for the treatment of acrophobia. First, the technical characteristics of the first prototype are described. Second, the capacity of the immersive photography used in the AR system to provoke sense of presence in users is tested. Forty-one participants without fear of heights, walked around a staircase in both a real environment and an immers...

This paper presents a technology for supporting in-house forensic CG video generation by police and prosecution. For confidentiality, it is usually not allowed to generate criminal CG video through subcontracting, whereas existing CG modeling and video editing systems are too complicated to use for police or prosecution. The proposed technique solves this problem with Augmented Reality (AR) tec...

Virtual Reality (VR) provides users advanced visualization and interaction technology for designing, analyzing and exploring complex data. To address the issue of noise in manufacturing environments, we developed a VR-supported method allowing users to explore noise behavior. This method consists of an implementation of acoustic simulation and visualization for both desktop and Cave Automatic V...

Digitally based courses and their online delivery are rapidly expanding access to learning opportunities (Duffy and Kirkley 2004; NRC 2000; Visser and Visser-Valfrey 2008). It is important to ask however: access to what kind of learning opportunities? Weigel (2000) argues that most current attempts to create online learning environments suffer from a "port the classroom to the Web" model. Resea...