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A Virtual Environment for Teaching Social
Skills: AViSSS
J.A. Ehrlich and J.R.
Miller, “A Virtual Environment for Teaching Social Skills: AViSSS,”
IEEE Comput. Graph. Appl., vol. 29, no. 4, 2009, pp. 10-16; DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MCG.2009.57.
For typical adolescents, developing appropriate social skills can be
difficult. For those with Asperger's syndrome (AS), this task is much
more difficult and can be a determining factor in school success.
Recent studies indicate that students with AS, who are often visual
learners, can learn social skills through computer-based tasks. To help
individuals with AS deal with social challenges, researchers have
developed the Animated Visual Supports for Social Skills (AViSSS) 3D
virtual environment. In AViSSS, a rendering engine aids the rendering
of animations, characters, objects, and environments. As students
interact in the virtual environment, AViSSS presents them with various
situations and possible responses. Each response delivers a different
simulated result, along with an explanation of the choice.
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