Abstract
An estimated count of 154 million Filipinos are suffering from depression and it is considered to be one of the mental health concerns in the Philippines. It is a mental disorder that can be seen in various social contexts that display its level of functioning specially when exposed or triggered in a specific environment. Depression can be treated, and it is beneficial for it to be diagnosed at an early onset. Currently, virtual reality technologies have been utilized in the medical field to simulate real-life depressive situations and scenarios in the virtual space. Modern technologies like the virtual reality systems are simulations of environments and objects that seem to be real as they provide an opportunity for the user to have similar real experiences. Locally, there are few studies which tackle the design of culturally adapted environments for Filipinos where depressive social contexts can be identified. In this study, virtual spaces were developed based on real-life depressive social contexts in the Philippine setting. The inputs were obtained from typical layouts and designs of local social contexts based on literature reviews. Results show various designs of proposed virtual reality environment where therapy simulations could possibly take place.
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Roy Francis Navea, De La Salle University, Philippines
Terence Dugang, De La Salle University, Philippines
Gladys Babiera, De La Salle University, Philippines
Cherub Angenique Encabo, De La Salle University, Philippines
Justin Bernard Carlos, De La Salle University, Philippines
Elaine Marie Aranda, De La Salle University, Philippines
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Conference: ACSS2023
Stream: Computational Social Science
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To cite this article:
Navea R., Dugang T., Babiera G., Encabo C., Carlos J., & Aranda E. (2023) Virtual Reality Translation of Filipino Perspectives on Selected Depressive Social Context ISSN: 2186-2303 – The Asian Conference on the Social Sciences 2023: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 367-381) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-2303.2023.30
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-2303.2023.30
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