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Intro -- RECENT ADVANCES ON USING VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGIES FOR REHABILITATION -- RECENT ADVANCES ON USING VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGIES FOR REHABILITATION -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 RECENT ADVANCES IN THE USE OF VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGIES FOR REHABILITATION -- Abstract -- SECTION ONE: TECHNOLOGY AND REHABILITATION -- Chapter 2 A PARTICIPATORY DESIGN FRAMEWORK FOR THE GAMIFICATION OF REHABILITATION SYSTEMS -- Abstract -- Introduction -- GAMER framework -- PACT gamification framework -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 CONDUCTING FOCUS GROUPS IN SECOND LIFE® ON HEALTH-RELATED TOPICS -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Methods -- Focus groups in virtual worlds -- Focus group facilitator selection and training -- Virtual world focus group procedures -- Results -- Dealing with generic issues specific to virtual worlds (Second Life) -- Novel features of virtual world functioning -- Advantages of conducting focus groups in virtual worlds -- Disadvantages of conducting focus groups in virtual worlds -- Discussion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 4 SELF-MANAGEMENT INTERVENTION FOR AMPUTEES IN A VIRTUAL WORLD ENVIRONMENT -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Methods -- Subjects -- Analysis -- Results -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 5 EVIDENCE-BASED FACIAL DESIGN OF AN INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL ADVOCATE -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Avatar characteristics: requirements and evidence -- Facial characteristics -- Voice -- Interaction and ongoing development -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 6 REFLECTIONS AND EARLY EVIDENCE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESENCE FOR THREE TYPES OF FEEDBACK IN VIRTUAL MOTOR REHABILITATION -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Dimensions of presence -- Motor rehabilitation after stroke.

The use of virtual reality for learning, training, and rehabilitation for people with special needs has been on the rise in recent years. Virtual reality allows the user to be trained, to gather information and to perform rehabilitation tasks in the virtual reality space. It allows the user to perform independently, safely, and efficiently, in a combined product of sensory, motor, and cognitive skills. The design, development, and evaluation of such virtual reality environments is a multidisciplinary work, the integration of medicine, physical therapy, occupational therapy, neuroscience, psych

Over the past twenty years, groups of therapists, researchers and engineers have seized the potential of virtual reality (VR) and its associated technologies to work together on designing and testing a great variety of rehabilitation devices and systems with the objective of improving the support for people with disabilities. Virtual reality technologies offer new paradigms for human exploration, understanding and support by providing participants a safe setting in which they can interact and develop goal-oriented activities within functional-virtual environments, especially when they find themselves in situations of cognitive, behavioral or motor disabilities. The solutions built from these technologies reduce patients' limitations of activity and participation by promoting the recovery of capabilities. The current diversification of VR technology can also lead to tools used at home so that the patient can pursue the training that was initiated with the therapist in the care center. In this book you will find research on the rehabilitation in motor, cognitive and sensorial disorders.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Recent advances in virtual reality for health and wellbeing -- Introduction -- Section one: Virtual reality -- Chapter 2 -- Motion sickness related aspects of inclusion of color deficient observers in virtual reality -- Introduction -- Motivation and background -- Optokinetic drum and sphere simulation -- The simulator -- The psychophysical experiment -- The path forward -- Conclusion and future work -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Reducing the impact of stress in patients with psychiatric disorders using swimming with wild, free dolphins in virtual reality -- Introduction -- Our pilot study -- Set-up -- Pilot study -- Participants -- Design -- Measures -- Research questions -- Statistical analyses -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 -- Can visual stimulus induce proprioceptive drift in the upper arm using virtual reality? -- Introduction -- Our study -- Design -- Participants -- User interface -- Equipment -- Findings -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 5 -- The effects of reintroducing haptic feedback to virtual reality systems on movement profiles when reaching to virtual targets -- Introduction -- Our study -- Virtual scene setup -- Procedure -- Quantifying the data -- Findings -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 6 -- Visual elements' influences on navigation in virtual environments -- Introduction -- Reaching a target location from the current location -- Pilot study -- Results and discussions -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 -- The Development of a Kinect controlled game to improve space and depth perception -- Introduction -- Our study -- The Rift game -- The Rotate game -- The Net game -- The NetFromCube game -- Findings -- Controlling the games with keyboard -- Controlling the games with Kinect -- Settings

The digitalization of society is spreading around the world and technology has become part of many people's daily lives. It acts as a means of communication, work, education and leisure. For populations with special needs (people with some kind of disability or disorder) technology can play an essential role in their rehabilitation and treatment. It also empowers the individuals themselves. The aim of this multi-disciplinary research for decades has been to explore, develop and evaluate innovative technology to aid people with disabilities through virtual reality and associated machinery. The