Room with spiders
The Amelia Virtual Care platform features a virtual reality (VR) environment for spider exposure. In this environment, the patient is seated and can see a terrarium on the table in front of him.
VARIABLES SETTINGS
The configuration variables will allow modifying the environment to suit each patient and each phase, be it the evaluation or the treatment phase. For this, you will have the same configuration variables available, explained below:
- Gender
Choose between a male or female body. A neutral body is selected by default.
- Skin tone
Choose the skin tone that best represents your patient to enhance the feeling of immersion.
- Spider size
The system allows for selecting among small, medium or big insects. - Amount of spiders
The number of insects the patient will have to deal with can be determined. One may select between one spider (minimum), or many spiders(maximum). - Zone of exposition
The system allows to have the spider on the table or in a terrarium.
EVENTS
- Far distance
Spiders will be situated in a far distance from the avatar. - Medium distance
Spiders will be situated in a medium distance from the avatar. - Near distance
Spiders will be situated in a near distance from the avatar. - Move finger
The avatar starts to move a finger. This option aims to enhance the immersion of the patient through a rhythmic movement that will have to be done at the same time, facilitating this way to identify the hand you are seeing as your own.
- Spider on hand
The spiders will get close and walk on the avatar hand. - Play noise
A noise can be heard and the spider will begin to move from side to side.