title: Wildcard: A wearable virtual reality storytelling tool for children with intellectual developmental disability.
abstract: Our research aims at supporting existing therapies for children with intellectual and developmental disorders (IDD). The personal and social autonomy is the desired end state to be achieved to enable a smooth integration in the real world. We developed and tested a framework for storytelling and learning activities that exploits an immersive virtual reality viewer to interact with target users. We co-designed our system with experts from the medical sector, identifying features that allow patients to stay focused on exercises to perform. Our approach triggers a learning process for a seamless assimilation of common behavioral skills useful in every day's life. This paper highlights the technologic challenges in healthcare and discusses cutting-edge interaction paradigms.
authors.forename: Mirko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gelsomini
authors.forename: Franca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Garzotto
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Montesano
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Occhiuto
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000628:therapy*; D063367:Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*