neomento SAD - VR Treatment For Social Anxiety

Abstract

We present the neomento project, a solution for virtual reality (VR) exposure therapy (VRET). In our work we have created specific rendering methods and virtual environments (VEs); designed and published a novel form of behavioural control for virtual agents (VA); included biophysiological measurements directly into the experience; and created an asymmetric gameplay system to assure the correct progress of a therapy session. This is a reprint of [A. Streck, P.Stepnicka, J. Klaubert, and T. Wolbers. neomento - Towards Building a Universal Solution for Virtual Reality Exposure Psychotherapy. 2019 IEEE Conference on Games (CoG), IEEE Press, 2019] ©2019 IEEE, with the title, acknowledgement, references, the Fig. 1, and phrasing updated.