The paper discussed how virtual reality is used in order to treat phobia. The paper is actually a documentation of a simulation program w/c is used by patients for the therapy. As you read along the paper, you will find all the necessary information or important information about the paper such as its advantages, how the program is implemented and the hardware and software requisites in order for the program to run. The program by the way is a simulation of a train station complete with the sound effects in order for the patients feel as if they were in the actual train station. It is a great help specially for psychotherapist in dealing with their patients. There's no need for doctors in doing the therapy outside. But more importantly, another application of computer and virtual reality is discovered and computer is applied in a more important system as in psychotherapy.
Being a curious reader, it is not bad to assess and evaluate work of others. I find the paper very good and interesting to read because of 2 points. First, the author provides a background about phobia and psychotherapy for treating phobia. It is very important for technical reader who will read the paper in the future to know the background of the problem domain so that it will be easy for the reader to understand the paper. Second, the author enumerated the advantages and disadvantages of the system w/c I think again is very important. Very important for every research or application to know the advantages and disadvantages(if any) so that readers know what are the points that needs to be improved in the system in the future. This will also give an option for users to implement the system. But most importantly, bias were eliminated. There was hidden agenda from the system.
The paper goes to prove that Virtual Reality (VR) is not useful entertainment and educational field but also for medical applications such as in psychotherapy.
Being a curious reader, it is not bad to assess and evaluate work of others. I find the paper very good and interesting to read because of 2 points. First, the author provides a background about phobia and psychotherapy for treating phobia. It is very important for technical reader who will read the paper in the future to know the background of the problem domain so that it will be easy for the reader to understand the paper. Second, the author enumerated the advantages and disadvantages of the system w/c I think again is very important. Very important for every research or application to know the advantages and disadvantages(if any) so that readers know what are the points that needs to be improved in the system in the future. This will also give an option for users to implement the system. But most importantly, bias were eliminated. There was hidden agenda from the system.
The paper goes to prove that Virtual Reality (VR) is not useful entertainment and educational field but also for medical applications such as in psychotherapy.
References:
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_reality
[2]http://www.icdvrat.reading.ac.uk/2004/papers/S02_N3_Sik_Lanyi_Laky_ICDVRAT2004.pdf
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