Phobia Treatment with Face-Your-Fear VR App  

作　　者：Samia Loucif Joao Negreiros Batoul Haj Stifi Rahma Omar Abdel Rahman Sara Iqbal Samia Loucif;Joao Negreiros;Batoul Haj Stifi;Rahma Omar Abdel Rahman;Sara Iqbal(College of Technological innovation, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE;Software Engineering Department, ALHOSN University, Abu Dhabi, UAE)

机构地区：[1]College of Technological innovation, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE [2]Software Engineering Department, ALHOSN University, Abu Dhabi, UAE

出　　处：《Journal of Computer and Communications》2021年第10期27-43,共17页电脑和通信（英文）

摘　　要：Technology plays an important role in people’s daily life, for they depend on it to perform many tasks. Among the prominent technologies are smartphones and Virtual Reality (VR). Developing mobile apps and integrating VR technology allow users to experience an artificial environment as if it is real such as the simulation of phobias. This research paper proposes a mobile application named Face-Your-Fear (FyF) integrating VR to help any user to live a cybernetic experience, overcome the illness, know about phobia symptoms, and get extra information on two types of phobia: aquaphobia and achluophobia. Its architecture, features, development, interfaces and limitations are presented, including the main results of the qualitative survey to users.Technology plays an important role in people’s daily life, for they depend on it to perform many tasks. Among the prominent technologies are smartphones and Virtual Reality (VR). Developing mobile apps and integrating VR technology allow users to experience an artificial environment as if it is real such as the simulation of phobias. This research paper proposes a mobile application named Face-Your-Fear (FyF) integrating VR to help any user to live a cybernetic experience, overcome the illness, know about phobia symptoms, and get extra information on two types of phobia: aquaphobia and achluophobia. Its architecture, features, development, interfaces and limitations are presented, including the main results of the qualitative survey to users.

关 键 词：PHOBIA Technology Virtual Reality Android App Face-Your-Fear (FyF) 

分 类 号：TN9[电子电信—信息与通信工程]