An open-source virtual reality platform for clinical and research applications

Giuseppe Riva, Andrea Gaggioli, Daniela Villani, Alessandra Preziosa, Francesca Morganti, Lorenzo Strambi, Riccardo Corsi, Gianluca Faletti, Luca Vezzadini

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Abstract

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in clinical and research applications of virtual reality (VR). However, the adoption of this approach is still limited by the high costs of software development, lack of technical expertise among end-users, and the difficulty of adapting the contents of the virtual environments (VEs). To address these needs, we have designed and developed NeuroVR, (http://www.neurovr.org), a cost-free virtual reality platform based on open-source software components. NeuroVR allows nonexpert users to easily customize a VE by using a set of pre-designed virtual scenes, and to run them in an immersive or non-immersive modality. In this paper, we provide a description of the key functional features of the platform.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Pages699-707
Number of pages9
Volume4563 LNCS
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Event2nd International Conference on Virtual Reality, ICVR 2007 - Beijing, China
Duration: Jul 22 2007Jul 27 2007

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4563 LNCS
ISSN (Print)03029743
ISSN (Electronic)16113349

Other

Other2nd International Conference on Virtual Reality, ICVR 2007
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period7/22/077/27/07

Keywords

  • 3D modeling
  • Neuroscience
  • Open-source software
  • Psychotherapy
  • Virtual reality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science(all)
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
  • Theoretical Computer Science

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