Open AccessA Systematic Literature Review: Acrophobia Treatment with Virtual Reality
Author(s) -
David Jose Giraldy,
Wilson Novaldo
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
engineering, mathematics and computer science journal (emacs)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2686-2573
DOI - 10.21512/emacsjournal.v4i1.8077
Subject(s) - virtual reality , phobias , virtual reality exposure therapy , anxiety , psychology , psychotherapist , applied psychology , computer science , human–computer interaction , psychiatry
Virtual Reality (VR) is becoming more popular as a treatment option for many phobias. We present a method that uses virtual reality in treatment to cure acrophobia in this research. Acrophobia is an anxiety condition that occurs when a person is exposed to heights. The goal of our study is to see whether Virtual Reality technology can be used to treat acrophobia. We conducted a comprehensive literature evaluation on publications relevant to acrophobia and virtual reality that were located on Google Scholar using a keyword-based search strategy. We noticed that the majority of papers involve more than two persons as a sample and use virtual reality exposure treatment. The participants' anxiety levels decrease with each exposure, suggesting that VR-based exposure might be employed as an acrophobic alternative treatment.