Suitability of dynamic environments in virtual reality for schizophrenia therapies

Deusdado, Leonel; Antunes, Alexandre Fernandes; Lopes, Rui Pedro; Neto, Jecé Xavier Pereira

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Suitability of dynamic environments in virtual reality for schizophrenia therapies

2023Conference paper

dc.contributor.author	Deusdado, Leonel
dc.contributor.author	Antunes, Alexandre Fernandes
dc.contributor.author	Lopes, Rui Pedro
dc.contributor.author	Neto, Jecé Xavier Pereira
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-30T10:50:42Z
dc.date.available	2024-01-30T10:50:42Z
dc.date.issued	2023
dc.description.abstract	Serious Games (SG) have a significant positive impact on a wide range of purposes. Serious virtual games focused on the rehabilitation of schizophrenia are able to bring improvements to patients who require constant and individualized rehabilitation. Schizophrenia is a mental illness that has no cure and requires intensive rehabilitation for symptoms relief. Virtual Reality (VR) has gained acceptance in the medical field for a variety of rehabilitation by virtue of its immersiveness and versatility. Virtual environments can assist this process, seeking to contemplate important topics for their daily lives, facilitating the understanding of their situation and difficulties. To achieve more effective results, a virtual scenario must be dynamic and suitable to each patient. Nonplayable Character (NPC), which in this work can be human-like or pet-like representations, tasks, varied and objective interactions, and the ambiance all play an important role in determining the expected result. The work described in this paper approaches previously mentioned topics by investigating the contribution of previous works in this context for approaching multiple elements that control the dynamic environment, bringing new modalities and research for the development of a SG for VR focused on the rehabilitation of schizophrenia by facilitating schizophrenics’ daily lives.	pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorship	This work is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Regional Operational Program North 2020, within the scope of Project GreenHealth - Digital strategies in biological assets to improve well-being and promote Green health, Norte-01-0145-FEDER-000042.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Deusdado, Leonel; Antunes, Alexandre Fernandes; Lopes, Rui Pedro; Neto, Jecé Xavier Pereira (2023). Suitability of dynamic environments in virtual reality for schizophrenia therapies. In 7th International Conference on Computer, Software and Modeling (ICCSM). p. 67-72. ISBN 979-8-3503-0581-4	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.1109/ICCSM60247.2023.00022	pt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn	979-8-3503-0581-4
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10198/29389
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	IEEE	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Serious game	pt_PT
dc.subject	Schizophrenia rehabilitation	pt_PT
dc.subject	Virtual reality	pt_PT
dc.subject	Dynamic environment	pt_PT
dc.subject	Nonplayable character	pt_PT
dc.title	Suitability of dynamic environments in virtual reality for schizophrenia therapies	pt_PT
dc.type	conference paper
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oaire.citation.endPage	72	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	67	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	7th International Conference on Computer, Software and Modeling (ICCSM)	pt_PT
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