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The design of virtual scenarios and organic models, through the use of virtual reality with the inclusion of photorealism, with all these components can develop a process of handling reactions to phobias that generates an immersive experience similar to reality, obtaining as a result an alternative treatment to arachnophobia, this contribution of help can be partial or total, since it will depend on the time of use. To verify the states of improvement in the users that are submitted to the test of the application, guidelines will be provided to continue the research using a set of technological tools for the area of phobia treatment, as well as the connection of virtual reality in other branches of medicine.
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Almeida, J., Suárez, D., Tapia, F., Guerrero, G. (2018). Use of Virtual Reality Using Render Semi-realistic as an Alternative Medium for the Treatment of Phobias. Case Study: Arachnophobia. In: Florez, H., Diaz, C., Chavarriaga, J. (eds) Applied Informatics. ICAI 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 942. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01535-0_11
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