Design of an Interactive Virtual Reality System, InViRS, for Joint Attention Practice in Autistic Children

被引：30
作者：
Amat, Ashwaq Z. [1 ]
Zhao, Huan [1 ]
Swanson, Amy [2 ]
Weitlauf, Amy S. [3 ]
Warren, Zachary [3 ]
Sarkar, Nilanjan [4 ,5 ,6 ]
机构：
[1] Vanderbilt Univ, Robot & Autonomous Syst Lab, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Nashville, TN 37235 USA
[2] Vanderbilt Kennedy Ctr, Treatment & Res Inst Autism Spectrum Disorders, Nashville, TN 37203 USA
[3] Vanderbilt Univ, Med Ctr, Treatment & Res Inst Autism Spectrum Disorders, Dept Pediat, Nashville, TN 37203 USA
[4] Vanderbilt Univ, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Nashville, TN 37212 USA
[5] Vanderbilt Univ, Dept Mech Engn, Nashville, TN 37212 USA
[6] Vanderbilt Univ, Robot & Autonomous Syst Lab, Nashville, TN 37212 USA
来源：
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL SYSTEMS AND REHABILITATION ENGINEERING | 2021年 / 29卷
关键词：
Games; Avatars; Real-time systems; Autism; Visualization; Licenses; Adaptive systems; Intelligent system; autonomous systems; virtual reality; human computer interaction; gaze tracking; joint attention; MOST PROMPTING PROCEDURE; SPECTRUM DISORDER; HUMAN INFANTS; EYE-TRACKING; LEAST; INTERVENTIONS; INDIVIDUALS; SKILLS; HEAD;
D O I：
10.1109/TNSRE.2021.3108351
中图分类号：
R318 [生物医学工程];
学科分类号：
0831 ;
摘要：
Many children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) exhibit atypical gaze behaviors related to joint attention, a fundamental social-communication skill. Specifically, children with ASD show differences in the skills of gaze sharing and gaze following. In this work we present a novel virtual reality (VR)-based system, called InViRS, in which children with ASD play games allowing them to practice gaze sharing and gaze following. InViRS has three main design contributions: (i) a closed-loop joint attention paradigm with real-time tracking of the participant's eye gaze and game performance measures, (ii) an assistive feedback mechanism that provides guidance and hints in real time, and (iii) a controller that adaptively changes the avatar's gaze prompts according to the performance measures. Results from a pilot study to evaluate the feasibility of InViRS with 9 autistic(1) children and 9 typically developing (TD) children offered preliminary support for the feasibility of successful gameplay as well as positive impacts on the targeted skills of gaze sharing and gaze following.
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页码：1866 / 1876
页数：11
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