Fear of Heights Phobia Treatment Virtual
Environment
One of my first projects
for the group consisted of integrating audio into the elevator
virtual environment. This task consisted of recording live elevators
in the field. These recordings were later edited as audio files. Playback
in the environment was managed by C functions within the group's proprietary
world building toolkit. The elevator environment was the intial testbed
for studying the feasibility of this approach to psychotherapy.
It has been used to treat individuals who experience acrophobia, or fear
of heights.
