{"id":84,"date":"2016-05-06T11:23:20","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T15:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/vr-and-occupational-therapy\/"},"modified":"2016-10-27T10:36:14","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T14:36:14","slug":"vr-and-occupational-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/vr-and-occupational-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"VR and Occupational Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em>Jaclyn Wickham<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>An investigation of the potential of virtual reality as a learning platform for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/thesis2016\/project\/jaclyn-wickham\">https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/thesis2016\/project\/jaclyn-wickham<\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-84 gallery-columns-0 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/05\/1462550705_archive.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/05\/1462550705_archive-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/05\/1462550705_archive-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/05\/1462550705_archive.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3>Description<\/h3>\n<p>In collaboration with a team of Occupational Therapists, I am creating a series of 360 virtual reality (VR) experiences to provide students with ASD the opportunity to take virtual trips to community places (e.g. a grocery store, restaurant, subway station) to develop independent living skills. The VR experiences simulate a physical presence in real world settings, allowing students to practice activities of daily living and real-life social interactions within a safe, controllable environment.<\/p>\n<p>The initial prototype is a virtual trip to a grocery store, which targets skills that are commonly included on students&rsquo; Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), such as finding items on a grocery list, using signs around the store to locate items, understanding aisle categorization, asking an employee for help, interacting with the cashier, and paying.<\/p>\n<p>The goal was to design and develop a prototype for a low cost VR experience, which simply requires access to a mobile phone and Google Cardboard. The platform could potentially be usable during 1:1 occupational therapy sessions as a supplement to traditional Community-Based Instruction, providing students with the opportunity to repeatedly practice targeted skills in a realistic environment without real-world consequences, prior to going out into the community.<\/p>\n<h3>Classes<\/h3>\n<p>Thesis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jaclyn Wickham An investigation of the potential of virtual reality as a learning platform for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders. https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/thesis2016\/project\/jaclyn-wickham Description In collaboration with a team of Occupational Therapists, I am creating a series of 360 virtual reality (VR) experiences to provide students with ASD the opportunity to take virtual trips to community places &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/vr-and-occupational-therapy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">VR and Occupational Therapy<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17269,12516,462,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jaclyn-wickham","category-kathleen-wilson","category-projects","category-thesis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1983,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/1983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/thesis2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}