VR-Labs (Prof. Dr. Paul Pauli)

Prof. Dr. Paul Pauli
Phone: +49 931 31-82843
E-Mail: pauli@psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de

• Description
• Research projects
• VR-Labs
• Cybersession
• Hardware

Virtual reality (VR) is defined as a computer-simulated world in which a user can look around, move, and react to the virtual environment. One is transported into virtual reality by stimulating visual, acoustic, vestibular and - depending on the application - tactile or nociceptive sensory channels. VR equipment allows for a certain degree of immersion, this is one of the prerequisites for creating a sense of presence in VR.

By using a head-mounted display (HMD) with tracking sensors, the viewing direction and movement of a user can be realized in real time within the 3D world. Additional input devices can be used for navigation and interactions.

Predefined events and processes can be activated manually via a control interface or automatically. Both the 3D world and the interface can be manipulated using programming scripts.

Using different inputs and outputs, VR experiences can be presented in a variety of ways: presented on a computer monitor, via mono/stereoscopic HMD, or with screen projections.

The virtual environments are used in applied and experimental research, and in the psychotherapeutic work of the University outpatient clinic for exposure therapy in anxiety disorders.

VR exposure therapy for specific phobias: fear of flying, fear of spiders, fear of heights, fear of tunnels

Read more: Outpatient center for Psychiatry

• Präsenz und Furcht in virtuellen Umgebungen - 2016
• Immersion und Furcht bei virtueller Höhenexposition - 2015
• Höhensimulation - 2008
• Untersuchung des sozialen Interaktionsverhalten - 2007
• Tunnelnotausgang - Wirkungsuntersuchung - 2006
• Flugsimulation Flughafen Nürnberg - 2006
• Höhensimulation - 2005
• Raum mit animierten Spinnen - 2004
• Etage des Uni-Würzburg Hauptgebäude am Sanderring - 2004
• Tunnelfahrt - 2003

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• 3D-Multisensory Lab (CAVE)
• Powerwall

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With the Virtual Reality Therapy Interface "Cybersession" it is possible to use 3D simulations for exposure exercises.
The system was designed to present exposure stimuli in a controlled manner in virtual reality.
For empirical studies, it is possible to control the simulation process using Skipte and to record the data.
The system can be operated without specialized computer knowledge.

www.cybersession.info, CyberSession Wiki, CyberSession Changelog

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