Immersive Co-operative Psychological Virtual Environments (ICPVE)

  • Authors:
  • Ronan Jamieson;Adrian Haffegee;Vassil Alexandrov

  • Affiliations:
  • Advanced Computing and Emerging Technologies Centre, The School of Systems Engineering, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom RG6 6AY;Advanced Computing and Emerging Technologies Centre, The School of Systems Engineering, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom RG6 6AY;Advanced Computing and Emerging Technologies Centre, The School of Systems Engineering, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom RG6 6AY

  • Venue:
  • ICCS '08 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Computational Science, Part III
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Virtual Reality (VR) has been used in a variety of forms to assist in the treatment of a wide range of psychological illness. VR can also fulfil the need that psychologists have for safe environments in which to conduct experiments. Currently the main barrier against using this technology is the complexity in developing applications. This paper presents two different co-operative psychological applications which have been developed using a single framework. These applications require different levels of co-operation between the users and clients, ranging from full psychologist involvement to their minimal intervention. This paper will also discuss our approach to developing these different environments and our experiences to date in utilising these environments.