@inproceedings{b648680beb524768ba22e8b78841b0b2,
title = "Virtual environments to cope with anxiety situations: two case-studies",
abstract = "Anxiety is a growing problem in modern societies. Virtual reality has been widely adopted to treat anxiety and more severe psychological problems. We have been working on an approach that involves compelling virtual environments (VE) to treat anxiety. These VE recreate a particular situation and support in real-time the intervention of the therapist. Public domain software tools and a simple projection screen have been used. This paper describes two interactive applications that simulate VE to help people coping with particular anxiety situations. One of the applications is developed in Blender and is dedicated to the fear of talking in front of an audience; the other application is developed in OpenSim and is devoted to the fear of driving inside a tunnel.",
keywords = "anxiety treatment, Interactive virtual environments",
author = "Cl{\'a}udio, {Ana Paula} and Carmo, {Maria Beatriz} and T{\^a}nia Pinheiro and Jorge Lima and Francisco Esteves",
year = "2012",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789899624771",
series = "Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CISTI",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 7th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CISTI 2012",
note = "7th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CISTI 2012 ; Conference date: 20-06-2012 Through 23-06-2012",
}