ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the Portable Virtual Reality for Vocational Rehabilitation (VR4VR) system and presents new testing results that include assessment scores of a cohort of several individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and training scores of an individual with ASD. One participant with ASD was trained on different skill modules for five weeks on the following skill modules: Cleaning, Money Management, Shelving, Environmental Awareness and Social Skills. Individuals are asked basic questions that prepare them for job interviews. If the user gives a wrong answer, the right answers are displayed on the screen, which can be observed by the individual. In a similar way, job trainers mentioned that these distracters establish opportunities for them to observe user behavior, which can be difficult to trigger in real workplaces for training. The Portable VR4VR system has four main components: motion tracking, display, software, and virtual assistive robot.
