Smoking Simulation in Virtual Reality

BA/MA

Status	open
Advisor	Sören Klingner
Professor	Prof. Dr. Andreas Butz

Task

Description

Smoking lead to long-term health issues, causes death and big costs in the economy and health system. Many people would like to stop smoking, but many attempts stay unsuccessful. That is why new ways of treating nicotine addiction are being sought. Virtual Reality (VR) has developed rapidly with many important technical advancements that is becoming more widely available and user-friendly. This opens new therapy possibilities.

Tasks

Comprehensive survey of related work
Define the concept
Develop and implement your concept
Conduct a user study to test and verify your concept
Analysis, reflection and discussion of the outcomes

Requirements

Independent scientific work and creative problem solving
Able to organize and perform user studies and experiments
Interest and experience in Software Development
Interest in Psychology
Experience with programming based on practical projects
Bonus: Experience with Unreal Engine
Bonus: Experience with Virtual Reality Development

Contact

Email: klingner ät fortiss.org

Keywords

VR, Virtual Reality, Emotion, Behaviour, Environment, Stress, Relaxation, Fear, Situational Awareness, Autonomous Driving, Automotive, User Study, Virtual Reality, Psychology, HCI, 3D, Unreal Engine, Unity, Game Engine, User Profiling, User Modeling, Behavior Analytics, Interface, Interaction, User Reaction, Interaction Patterns, Programming, C#, C++, Java