Immersive virtual reality technologies are used in a wide range of fields such as training,
education, health, and research. Many of these applications include virtual humans that are …

Virtual and augmented reality have been used to diagnose and treat several mental health
disorders for decades. Technological advances in these fields have facilitated the …

Phobias are a type of anxiety disorder characterized by severe fear of objects and situations.
In recent years, virtual reality exposure therapy has emerged as a safer and more …

Designed to improve human–machine interactions, virtual agents and particularly virtual
assistants (VAs) are spreading in our daily lives. Presenting a very wide variety of …

Phobias and related anxiety are common and costly mental health disorders. Experts
anticipate the prevalence of phobias will increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Exposure …

As more and more people suffer from anxiety disorders, new means of clinical and
therapeutical interventions are required. For instance, virtual agents or embodied …

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, debilitating, and often progressive inflammatory disease
of the nervous system. The disease is highly stressful, which accelerates the risk of …

The relevance of identification within media and its capacity to impact the user effectively
has been a research focal point for years whether it is a real or fictional character …

Virtual Reality Learning Environments (VRLE) have advantages in training contexts.
However, VRLE lacks of User-adaptive system which adapt scenario to the user's state. As …