Realidad virtual como herramienta de apoyo al tratamiento de la aracnofobia

Ma. de Jesús Gutiérrez-Sánchez; Anilu Franco-Árcega; Alberto Suárez-Navarrete; Jaqueline Sánchez-Espinoza; Gonzalo Alberto Torres-Samperio

doi:10.29057/icbi.v10iEspecial3.9016

Ma. de Jesús Gutiérrez-Sánchez Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8480-1830
Anilu Franco-Árcega Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9415-8313
Alberto Suárez-Navarrete Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2202-5685
Jaqueline Sánchez-Espinoza Centro Universitario UAEM https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-904X
Gonzalo Alberto Torres-Samperio Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9328-6970

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29057/icbi.v10iEspecial3.9016

Keywords: Virtual reality, psychology, arachnophobia, virtual scenario

Abstract

There are several areas where the use of computational tools has benefited the provision of services and treatments to the end user. Such is the case of medicine, and in particular in this work, of psychology. Virtual Reality supports the creation of virtual scenarios that resemble real environments and that are used for diverse purposes. In this work, the development of an application that shows a virtual environment is presented. This application can be used as a support tool for the treatment of one of the main phobias in Mexico: arachnophobia. The proposed application has developed three levels of user interaction with a scenario where different numbers of spiders are presented. This work aims to be useful for psychologists who are responsible for minimizing the impact of this type of phobias in humans.

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