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Psychiatr Q 2022 Jul 2. Epub 2022 Jul 2.

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.

Exposure therapy in virtual reality is successful in treating anxiety disorders. Studies on exposure and response prevention in virtual reality (VERP) in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are rare, and it is unclear whether distress associated with other emotions than anxiety (e.g. Read More

Am J Prev Med 2022 Jun 28. Epub 2022 Jun 28.

Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; Division of Adolescent and Transition Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Although the strongest predictor of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is a high-quality recommendation, physicians often provide weak recommendations. Thus, the authors developed Virtual Immersive Communication Training on Recommending Immunizations (VICTORI), a virtual reality (VR)‒based intervention that provided physicians the opportunity to deliberately practice recommendation behaviors. VICTORI included VR simulations during which participants counseled caregiver avatars hesitant to vaccinate. Read More

Appl Ergon 2022 Jun 28;105:103825. Epub 2022 Jun 28.

Department of Cognitive Robotics, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands. Electronic address:

Automated vehicles (AVs) can perform low-level control tasks but are not always capable of proper decision-making. This paper presents a concept of eye-based maneuver control for AV-pedestrian interaction. Previously, it was unknown whether the AV should conduct a stopping maneuver when the driver looks at the pedestrian or looks away from the pedestrian. Read More

IEEE Trans Haptics 2022 Jul 1;PP. Epub 2022 Jul 1.

Cold sensations of varying intensities are perceived when human skin is subject to diverse environments. The accurate presentation of temperature changes is important to elicit immersive sensations in applications such as virtual reality. We developed a method to elicit intensity-adjustable non-contact cold sensations based on the vortex effect. Read More

Opt Lett 2022 Jul;47(13):3227-3230

Light-field imaging has emerged as a technology allowing the capture of richer visual information from the world. Ultrathin, reflective light-field imaging film is fabricated by using self-releasing ultraviolet (UV)-curable nanoimprinting lithography. The plenoptic function is built to generate the dense reflective light field in a two-dimension plane in which the occlusion perception can be seamlessly incorporated in the recording process. Read More