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Providing informational support to HIV + women in a virtual environment : a case study comparing the effects of virtual reality and paper media for content delivery
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 174-179).
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| author | Brown, Sarah |
| author2 | Blake, Edwin H |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/6382 Providing informational support to HIV + women in a virtual environment : a case study comparing the effects of virtual reality and paper media for content delivery Brown, Sarah Blake, Edwin H Computer Science Includes bibliographical references (leaves 174-179). This dissertation presents a comparison of the effects of two media, VR and paper (i.e. pamphlets) in communicating supportive information to an HIV+ sample group. We created a VE to provide social and informational support for HIV+ people in the South African context. The design of the VE placed emphasis on creating a typically South African space which users could recognize and find familiar. Our research focused on two rooms containing virtual agents and points of possible interaction: the lounge and the kitchen. In the lounge, a HIV/Aids support group was simulated while the kitchen contained two areas which presented nutritional informational support: Diet and Cleanliness & Hygiene. 2014-08-13T19:28:28Z 2014-08-13T19:28:28Z 2008 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6382 eng application/pdf Department of Computer Science Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Computer Science Brown, Sarah Providing informational support to HIV + women in a virtual environment : a case study comparing the effects of virtual reality and paper media for content delivery |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Providing informational support to HIV + women in a virtual environment : a case study comparing the effects of virtual reality and paper media for content delivery |
| title_full | Providing informational support to HIV + women in a virtual environment : a case study comparing the effects of virtual reality and paper media for content delivery |
| title_fullStr | Providing informational support to HIV + women in a virtual environment : a case study comparing the effects of virtual reality and paper media for content delivery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Providing informational support to HIV + women in a virtual environment : a case study comparing the effects of virtual reality and paper media for content delivery |
| title_short | Providing informational support to HIV + women in a virtual environment : a case study comparing the effects of virtual reality and paper media for content delivery |
| title_sort | providing informational support to hiv women in a virtual environment a case study comparing the effects of virtual reality and paper media for content delivery |
| topic | Computer Science |
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