My research project will be focusing on the implementation of VR environments for use within the field of psychological exposure therapy. Exposure therapy is used to gradually introduce a patient to their feared stimuli so that they become accustomed to it and hopefully curing the phobia. I will be trying a variety of methods to create similar environments and seeing which methods are not only the most immersive but also give the greatest sense of presence. Many people mistake these for being the same however they are defined differently.
# Immersion refers to the objective level of sensory fidelity a VR system provides.
# Presence refers to a user’s subjective psychological response to a VR system
I will create a variety of levels of immersion with my artefacts to see how this relates to the users sense of presence.
Along with this i will all take into account which methods are easiest to create. The idea being that a psychologist can create and edit the environments themselves to suit individual patients fears.
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