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Chatting at the bar

Chatting at the bar

The patient is with his/her friends in a pub, having a casual conversation.
Throughout the conversation they will be talking about different topics: cinema, travel, having children, sports and schedules. The avatars talk about one of these topics for a while, and if no event is activated at the end it changes the subject.

On the other hand, if the healthcare professional activates one of the events, then at the end of that event, the topic of conversation is changed even if it has not ended.

SETTINGS VARIABLES

  • Type response
    • Happy: the friends and waitress will be nice and attentive.
    • Angry: the friends and waitress will be distant and will answer negatively to the patient’s interventions.

EVENTS

  • Make an order (Call waitress)
    The mates request the patient to make the order (“can you order? you can see the waitress better than us, etc”). The patient should call the waitress to make the order.
  • Ask for the bathroom (Call waitress)
    The waitress will approach the table and the patient can then ask where the toilet is. The waitress will answer and leave.
  • Regulate the temperature (Call waitress)
    The mates complain about the cold and tell the patient to ask the waitress to adjust the temperature.
  • Change drink (Call waitress)
    The mates request the patient to call the waitress to ask for a change of drink.
  • Goodbye (Call waitress)
    All the friends except two who will stay with the patient, will say goodbye and leave. Note: this event is not interactive.

Keep in mind that the purpose of this environment is to work on the exposure to social skills. Therefore, the healthcare professional can modulate the behaviors before the exposure to the VR environment. Once the exposure has finished, the healthcare professional can give feedback of the session and repeat the exposure if necessary.

ATTENTION!  

Before starting the exposure, inform the patient what kind of questions he/she should ask and give an insight on how the session is going to develop. Specifically, the order of events must be emphasized in order for the patient to differ between the events.