Author(s)

Samia Loucif¹, Joao Negreiros¹, Batoul Haj Stifi², Rahma Omar Abdel Rahman², Sara Iqbal²

¹College of Technological innovation, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
²Software Engineering Department, ALHOSN University, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Technology plays an important role in people’s daily life, for they depend on it to perform many tasks. Among the prominent technologies are smartphones and Virtual Reality (VR). Developing mobile apps and integrating VR technology allow users to experience an artificial environment as if it is real such as the simulation of phobias. This research paper proposes a mobile application named Face-Your-Fear (FyF) integrating VR to help any user to live a cybernetic experience, overcome the illness, know about phobia symptoms, and get extra information on two types of phobia: aquaphobia and achluophobia. Its architecture, features, development, interfaces and limitations are presented, including the main results of the qualitative survey to users.

Phobia, Technology, Virtual Reality, Android App, Face-Your-Fear (FyF)

Loucif, S. , Negreiros, J. , Stifi, B. , Rahman, R. and Iqbal, S. (2021) Phobia Treatment with Face-Your-Fear VR App. Journal of Computer and Communications, 9, 27-43. doi: 10.4236/jcc.2021.910003.