An Augmented Reality System for the Treatment of Acrophobia: The Sense of Presence Using Immersive Photography

Authors:
M. Carmen Juan;Rosa Baños;Cristina Botella;David Pérez;Mariano Alcaníiz;Carlos Monserrat
Affiliations:
Medical Image Computing Laboratory (MedICLab), Technical University of Valencia, Valencia Spain. Correspondence to mcarmen@dsic.upv.es;Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamientos Psicológicos, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia Spain.;Departamento de Psicología Básica y Psicobiología, Universitat Jaume I (UJI), Castellón Spain.;-;-;Medical Image Computing Laboratory (MedICLab), Technical University of Valencia, Valencia Spain.
Venue:
Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments
Year:
2006

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Abstract

Forty-one participants without fear of heights walked around a staircase in both a real environment and an immersive photography environment. Immediately after their experience, participants were given the SUS questionnaire to assess their subjective sense of presence. The users' scores in the immersive photography were very high. Results indicate that the acrophobic context can be useful for the treatment of acrophobia. However, statistically significant differences were found between real and immersive photography environments. Specifically, the immersive photography environment was not confused with reality since data showed that SUS distinguished between the real and immersive photography experiences.